culm

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(Anglais)

(countable, uncountable) Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
(countable, uncountable) The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved.
(countable, uncountable) Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kʌlm/

Hérité de moyen anglais

Hérité de ancien anglais

Appartenant à ancien anglais

In summary

From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.