strawy

American  

[straw-ee] / ˈstrɔ i /

adjective

strawier, strawiest

1. of, containing, or resembling straw.

2. strewn or thatched with straw.

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ˈstrawy British  

/ ˈstrɔːɪ /

adjective

1. containing straw, or like straw in colour or texture

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Etymology

Origin of strawy

First recorded in 1545–55; straw + -y ¹

Example Sentences

We pictured the meek mild creatures where     They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there     To doubt they were kneeling then.

From Slate • Dec. 25, 2012

Fresh, strawy manure, made immediately before the time for breaking a sod, is preferably carried over in a covered shed until a later season of the year.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

Luther wrote of the Epistle of James, "In comparison with the best books of the New Testament, it is a downright strawy epistle."

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber

Spawn comes in the form of dry, hard, solid manure bricks, and also in the form of flakes of half rotted strawy manure.

From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by Falconer, William

Rome, if her strength the huge world had not filled, With strawy cabins now her courts should build.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)