hayrack
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- noun
- /ˈheɪˌræk/
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comederos
- Three sheep, struck by flying debris, panicked and ran, one of them colliding with the remains of the hayrack, snapping that construction's remaining joints.
- hay rack or hay box
Examples
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The pony jerked his head back and forth insistently, working the reins out of her hands so he could walk to the barn and hang his head over the hayrack.
Fiction book (1997) -
The loose box Heaney refers to is a hayrack or hay box in a barn, an object and setting that could comfortably have appeared in any poem in his first book, Death of a Naturalist.
Academic text (2007) -
When I finished saying the poem, there was always a grave pause, long enough to drive a hayrack through, followed by a standing ovation.
Blog text (6) -
I ate lunches on hayracks and tractors.
Blog text (9) -
"Cora went outside to find a strange contraption resembling a hayrack drawn up to her door by two powerful horses."
Fiction book (1992) -
The farmer filled the hayrack with fresh hay for the horses.
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During the harvest, we stacked bales of hay on the hayrack for transport.
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The children climbed onto the hayrack to enjoy a ride around the farm.
Synonyms
A frame attached to a wagon to hold more hay
A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen
A long raised container that holds food for cows
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Etymology
Hayrack combines hay ('dried grass used for animal food') and rack ('a frame for holding things'), so it literally names a frame used to hold or carry hay.