hayrack

[ hey-rak ]

noun

1. a rack for holding hay for feeding horses or cattle.
2. a rack or framework mounted on a wagon, for use in carrying hay, straw, or the like.
3. the wagon and rack together.

hayrack

/ ˈheɪˌræk /

noun

1. a rack for holding hay for feeding to animals
2. a rack fixed to a cart or wagon to increase the quantity of hay or straw that it can carry

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayrack¹

First recorded in 1815–25; hay + rack ¹

Example Sentences

And for six weeks they kept steady company going to band concerts, dances, hayrack rides, picnics and high jinks together.

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Coats was in the wagon-shed, shifting the buggies and wagons so as to make room for a new hayrack.

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Behind this was a hayrack, mounted on runners and well filled with hay.

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Yet I went to town to get empty apple boxes without putting on a waggon box or a hayrack.

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Before he turned I slid over the mouth of the shaft down into the hayrack of the old brute who had whinnied.

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