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
Against the barn's sober timbers, earth floor and haymow, she has the calm glow of a lamp in daylight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cupid, who does just as good business in city parks as he does in a haymow, smiled all over his face last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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