hornbeam [hawrn-beem] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam). Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of hornbeam First recorded in 1570–80; horn + beam Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for hornbeam Contemporary Examples of hornbeam
The maple trees in Westminster Abbey represent modesty and the hornbeam trees represent resilience.
Tom Sykes
April 29, 2011
Historical Examples of hornbeam
The beech might be used instead of the hornbeam on suitable soil.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1
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The woods most used for cogs are hickory, maple, hornbeam and locust.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
Is it not from the hornbeam that groweth within the garden of old husbands?
Charles de Coster
The hornbeam is almost restricted to Essex and Hertfordshire.
Herbert W Tompkins
It was full of long, straight walks, between hedges of yew and hornbeam, which rose tall and close on every side.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
John Gibson Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for hornbeam hornbeam noun any tree of the betulaceous genus Carpinus, such as C. betulus of Europe and Asia, having smooth grey bark and hard white wood the wood of any of these trees Brit equivalent: ironwood Word Origin for hornbeam C14: from horn + beam, referring to its tough wood Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for hornbeam n.
1570s, from horn (n.) + beam (n.), preserving the original sense of the latter word; so called in reference to its hard wood.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper