haymow

[ hey-mou ]

noun
  1. hay stored in a barn.

Origin of haymow

1
First recorded in 1470–80; hay + mow2

Words Nearby haymow

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How to use haymow in a sentence

  • He no longer slept in the haymow but had a room of his own and other rooms to rent to the "high-toned traveling men."

    The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
  • That night he slept in a barn, cuddling down in the haymow, where he could hear some horses stirring in their stalls.

    The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill | Charles Pierce Burton
  • And she invited everybody to come to her latest nest high up in the haymow.

    The Tale of Henrietta Hen | Arthur Scott Bailey
  • When Henrietta Hen's callers crowded about her nest in the haymow they expected to see something wonderful.

    The Tale of Henrietta Hen | Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Polly Plymouth Rock turned to old Whitey, a hen who had come with her to the haymow.

    The Tale of Henrietta Hen | Arthur Scott Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for haymow

haymow

/ (ˈheɪˌmaʊ) /


noun
  1. a part of a barn where hay is stored

  2. a quantity of hay stored in a barn or loft

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