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hayloft

American  
[hey-lawft, -loft] / ˈheɪˌlɔft, -ˌlɒft /

noun

  1. a loft in a stable or barn for the storage of hay.


Etymology

Origin of hayloft

First recorded in 1565–75; hay + loft

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The 5.15-acre property also includes a heated barn with eight stalls, a “Grand Prix” field, a hayloft, a tack room, a wash stall, and an office.

From MarketWatch Dec. 9, 2025

The action rarely leaves the hayloft and never leaves the farm.

From Washington Post Mar. 13, 2023

Make a movie out of Miriam Toews’ novel “Women Talking,” which is essentially what the title says, set in a Mennonite colony hayloft.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2023

When the colony’s men head to town to post their bail, the women assemble in a hayloft to argue their options: They can do nothing; stay and fight; or leave.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2022

Whatever cautionary value the tale may have had was thus lost, and now here she was, in a hayloft with a pirate, and rather pleased about it, too.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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