hayloft

[hey-lawft, -loft]

noun

1. a loft in a stable or barn for the storage of hay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayloft¹

First recorded in 1565–75; hay + loft

Example Sentences

Then she realized: he must be in the hayloft!

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It took her another eight seconds to find Jad in the hayloft.

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When he’s stashing the stolen paintings later in a farmhouse’s hayloft and accidentally knocks the ladder out from under him, the moment is amusing and appropriately metaphorical.

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A ladder goes up to what Mom says is the hayloft.

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She lay in the hayloft with the chickens gathered around her until morning.

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