windrow

[ wind-roh, win- ]

/ ˈwɪndˌroʊ, ˈwɪn- /

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noun

a row or line of hay raked together to dry before being raked into heaps.

any similar row, as of sheaves of grain, made for the purpose of drying.

a row of dry leaves, dust, etc., swept together by the wind.

verb (used with object)

to arrange in a windrow.

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Origin of windrow

First recorded in 1515–25; wind¹ + row¹

Words nearby windrow

wind pump, Wind River, Wind River Range, windrode, wind rose, windrow, windrower, wind sail, wind scale, wind scorpion, wind-screen

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How to use windrow in a sentence

She crawled through wrack and weed, over jagged stones, and fell exhausted on a sodden windrow of drift.
Cursed|George Allan England
Pull up the turnips, top and tail them, then throw them in a sort of windrow, and let them lie a few days to dry.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million|Sarah Josepha Hale
Sickly yellow leaves in a windrow with dried wings of box-elder seeds and snags of wool from the cotton-woods.
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
Each row is termed a “windrow,” the passage of the wind through the hay greatly aiding the drying and “making” thereof.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various

He hopped from bough to bough of the great windrow, and nearly always he sang.
The Keepers of the Trail|Joseph A. Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for windrow

windrow

/ (ˈwɪndˌrəʊ, ˈwɪnˌrəʊ) /

noun

a long low ridge or line of hay or a similar crop, designed to achieve the best conditions for drying or curing

a line of leaves, snow, dust, etc, swept together by the wind

verb

(tr) to put (hay or a similar crop) into windrows

Derived forms of windrow

windrower, noun

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