hayfield

American  

[hey-feeld] / ˈheɪˌfild /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hayfield

First recorded in 1775–85; hay + field

Example Sentences

So we get Masters, by himself, prophesizing doom from a desert or a hayfield, his ads radiating a weird, wordy energy.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Then it’s either at the feedlot or in the hayfield to make hay bales or help move cattle.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2019

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

Nor have they charged him in connection with the death of Harrington, whose remains were found in a hayfield three months after she disappeared from a Metallica concert on U.Va.’s Charlottesville campus in 2009.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2014

Abra turned right and led the way through the stubble of the summer’s hayfield.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck