hay rake

American  

Or hayrake

noun

1. a farm implement used to rake hay from a swath into a windrow.

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Etymology

Origin of hay rake

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

Carl Tiflin still drove her to a light cart, and she pulled on a hay rake and worked the Jackson-fork tackle when the hay was being put into the barn.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

He was as fresh as a collard and as ingenuous as a hay rake.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

As it chanced, however, seeing out of only one eye, he backed upon the handle of a hay rake which was leaning against the wall.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Hiram promptly unhitched "Old Dolly" from the hay rake and started for the house.

From Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 16, April 19, 1914 by Cook, George E.

I could not see her face, but her brown hair escaped in disorder from a white sun-bonnet, and her still browner hands held a well-worn hay rake.

From The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Blackwood, Algernon