hayfield

[ hey-feeld ]

noun

1. a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayfield¹

First recorded in 1775–85; hay + field

Example Sentences

The first one I ever saw was in a hayfield above a town called Suha Reka.

From The Daily Beast

Across the green pasture, between the road and the hayfield, already four rich brown furrows were shining up to the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

The hay was completely sheltered from the wind; from the rich near-by hayfield the stack had been built large.

From Project Gutenberg

Lost Park is a mean place; the brush makes a regular jungle of it, and fire would go through it as through a hayfield.

From Project Gutenberg

Right at the side of the road was the hayfield of the Jones farm.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, I have not seen a hayfield for nine-and-twenty years, John Ridd.

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