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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strawy 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

Some growers use the droppings only, and reject all of the strawy part, or as much of it as they can conveniently shake out.

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

Luther, as every one knows, was inclined to reject the Epistle of James; he called it "a right strawy epistle."

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington

We ascended for a long time, and finally emerged into the garret of the building, hot, close, and strawy as a barn-loft.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

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 Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas