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

They were captured in the hayfield alongside the jail.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020

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

Her remains were found several months later in an Albermarle County hayfield.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2014

And once they barely escaped from the middle of a hayfield when the hay was cutting.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams