hornbeam

noun6

1. •
   A tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

   • The Horn-beam, in Latine the Carpinus, is planted of Sets; though it may likevvise be raised from the Seeds, […] Thus it vvill advance to a considerable Tree. — 1664
2. •
   Especially, the American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), which is common along the banks of streams in the United States.
3. •
   Especially, the common hornbeam or European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).
4. •
   The wood of these trees or one species of them; (countable) a sample of such wood.
5. •
   Synonym of beam (“the principal stem of the antler of a deer, which branches grow out from”).
6. •
   (no longer used) A beam or ray of light emanating from the head of a deity like a horn.