Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Sherd · IPA /ʃɜː(ɹ)d/ 01 n. A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. 1. A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. See: Shard “The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.” — Chapman.