salt hay
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salt hay
An Americanism dating back to 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Sea-cabbage; salt hay; sea-rushes; ooze—sea-ooze; gluten—sea-gluten; sea- scum; spawn; surf; beach; salt-perfume; mud; sound of walking barefoot ankle deep in the edge of the water by the sea.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 22, 2017
Mr. Kost, also a photographer, captured an image of the harvesting of salt hay, which was sold as mulch, packing material, bedding for cattle and other uses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2013
Inside a great, licking blaze, whetted by the high oxygen content of the compressed air, was feeding on timbers, sawdust and salt hay in the unfinished bore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The play was The Time of the Barracudas, which abruptly closed its pre-Broadway run in Los Angeles and was packed away in salt hay for extensive overhaul.
From Time Magazine Archive
Riding her into the Meadowlands with Daddy on a clear Saturday morning, letting her graze the salt hay and cordgrass.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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