The difference between Haulm and Thatch

When used as nouns, haulm means the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching, whereas thatch means straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

Thatch is also verb with the meaning: to cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Haulm and Thatch

  1. Haulm as a noun (uncountable):

    The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching.

  2. Haulm as a noun (countable):

    An individual plant stem.

  3. Haulm as a noun (countable):

    Part of a harness; a hame.

  1. Thatch as a noun:

    Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

  2. Thatch as a noun:

    A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

  3. Thatch as a noun:

    A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

  1. Thatch as a verb:

    To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

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