hay rake

or hay·rake

noun

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

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of hay rake

First recorded in 1715–25

Words nearby hay rake

hawthorne effect, hawthorne, nathaniel, hawthornesque, hay, hay fever, hay rake, hay shock, hay-pauncefote treaty, hay-scented fern, hayakawa, haybox

Example sentences from the Web for hay rake

He hunted about till he discovered a hay-rake with a long handle.
Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin|William H. G. Kingston
Then—suddenly—into her rhapsody broke the astonishing, harsh clash and clatter of a hay-rake.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
"But Baxter can't mend a gun or a hay-rake, or a pump, to save his life," I said.
Adventures In Friendship|David Grayson
The next day, John hitched Daisy to the hay-rake and drove it up and down the field, raking the hay into long windrows.
Bobby of Cloverfield Farm|Helen Fuller Orton

Not one was touched, but an old farmer shook a hay-rake at the boys.
Dave Porter in the Gold Fields|Edward Stratemeyer

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