hoard

Etymology 1

From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”).

noun

1. A hidden supply or fund.
   a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
2. (archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.

verb

1. To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

Etymology 2

See hoarding.

noun

1. A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
2. A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
   Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards[…] 1993, Christopher C. Henige, Church Fortification in the Périgord
3. A hoarding (billboard).

Etymology 3

noun

1. Misspelling of horde.