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Definition of Haymow
1. Noun. A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation.
Generic synonyms: Batch, Deal, Flock, Good Deal, Great Deal, Hatful, Heap, Lot, Mass, Mess, Mickle, Mint, Mountain, Muckle, Passel, Peck, Pile, Plenty, Pot, Quite A Little, Raft, Sight, Slew, Spate, Stack, Tidy Sum, Wad
2. Noun. A loft in a barn where hay is stored.
Group relationships: Barn
Generic synonyms: Attic, Garret, Loft
Derivative terms: Mow
Definition of Haymow
1. n. A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
Definition of Haymow
1. Noun. A pile of hay stored in a barn. ¹
2. Noun. The place in a barn where hay is deposited. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haymow
1. a hayloft [n -S] - See also: hayloft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haymow
Literary usage of Haymow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ...William Lloyd Garrison by Lindsay Swift (1911)
"Ye men with neckcloths white, I warn you— Habet a whole haymow in cor an.
"A Judith, there, turned Quakeress, Sits Abby in her modest dress, Serving a table ..."
2. The Lodge Goat: Goat Rides, Butts and Goat Hairs. Gathered from the Lodge by James Pettibone (1902)
"In conclusion, we will state that the haymow had a sequel a few days afterwards.
... Some one is in the haymow." The members all jumped up and rushed out to ..."
3. Mexico: With Comparisons and Conclusions by Albert Alexander Graham (1907)
"I distinctly remember, when I used to read, in the haymow at home, this same class of
... Why I used the haymow as a reading-room I do not propose to tell, ..."
4. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1913)
"Last year in August the junco, or common snowbird, came into the big barn and
built her nest in the side of the haymow, only a few feet from me. ..."
5. The Columbian Magazine edited by John Inman, Robert A. West, Stephen M. Chester, Darius Mead (1847)
"I went to the " fur barn " and found Luke busy in the haymow. " Hillo, Luke !
What say you to a " fish " in Pike Pond this afternoon and to-morrow ? ..."
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