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

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hay rake

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

You couldn’t get thro’ it with a hay rake.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

The self-binding harvester or the hay rake is only used a few weeks, or perhaps more often only a few days, each year.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth

After considerable discussion, he decided to purchase a side delivery hay rake and a windrow loader, chiefly on account of the speed with which hay could be gotten in with this combination.

From Hidden Treasure by Simpson, John Thomas

Abandoned implements littered the dooryard; a rusted hay rake with one wheel gone, a broken mower with cutter-bar drunkenly erect, and the front trucks of a dilapidated wagon.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)