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

Here all was still and deserted, in the lower room as well as in the hayloft above.

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Then he went up to the hayloft, and from there climbed still higher to the upper floor.

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But we felt much too dirty to get into his clean beds, and we made him understand we much preferred going into the hayloft.

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When he reached the house he did not go in, but out to the hayloft, his favourite resort in time of trouble.

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Do the Barn Swallows that are making nests in the hayloft go as far south as Kingbirds?

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