4 entries under this word
n. [A-S. hord, heord, O. Sax. & Ger. hort, Icel. hodd, hödd, Goth. huzd.] A store, stock, or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money.
n. [O. Fr. horde, hourde, barrier, palisade, L. Ger. hord, D. & H. Ger. horde, hurdle, fence, O. H. Ger. hurt, hurdle, crate, N. H. Ger. hürde, hurdle, fold, pen.] A fence inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Smart.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. HOARDED; p. pr. & vb. n. HOARDING.] [A-S. hordan, heordan. See supra.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold.
v. i. To collect and form a hoard; to lay up a store.
Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.