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hayfield

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[hay-feeld] / ˈheɪˌfild /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of hayfield

First recorded in 1775–85; hay + field


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They were captured in the hayfield alongside the jail.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2020

Trevor Wild, of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, said the man drove through a hayfield and ditched his car Friday morning before he attempted to swim down the Bourbeuse River.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2020

When I was a child in upstate New York, I would mow our hayfield and it would stir up hundreds of insects per foot.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018

Blume and his wife were also furious that the workers had dug up their hayfield to install the pipe.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018

Then they made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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