noun
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a part of a barn where hay is stored
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a quantity of hay stored in a barn or loft
Etymology
Origin of haymow
Example Sentences
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Stacking bales in a haymow, Shoving horses or cows around.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2017
A usually obedient boy, he sneaked Herbert Spencer's First Principles out to the haymow, read with horrified fascination the book's conclusion that whatever Supreme Power might lie behind the universe, it "is utterly inscrutable."
From Time Magazine Archive
Against the barn's sober timbers, earth floor and haymow, she has the calm glow of a lamp in daylight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinister shadows slithering sibilantly through the threadable mews of Chinatown always remind me of the Nick Carter stories I used to read with Butch Klutch in the haymow of his father's livery stable.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, cuddled in the haymow, were Grommet, the smith’s lardy daughter, and the pockmarked pig boy from the manor.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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