Shard /(shärd)/

Shard

n.
  1. A plant; chard. [Obs.]

Shard

n.
  1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
    The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
    — E. Arnold.
  2. The hard wing case of a beetle. (Zool.)
    They are his shards, and he their beetle.
  3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.]
  4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.]