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mow

mow

4 9.9
An upper space in a barn where hay is kept
  • noun
  • /moʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : henil
  • The farmer stored the freshly harvested grain in the upper mow of the barn.
  • hay mow

Examples

  • The big, spooky old barn where you could climb up the side of the mow and leap down onto the loose hay, or stand on the highest promontory of bales.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • She ran to the barn, where her father was loading hay into the mow.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I could look down as he swung rung to rung across the hay mow.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • During winter, the mow was filled with enough hay to feed the animals.

  • After the storm, we climbed up to the mow to check the hay for damage.

Synonyms

hayloft
vsmow
4 5.5

A loft in a barn used to store hay

is broader and can also mean storage space for grain
haymow
vsmow
9.9

A loft in a barn where people keep hay

is a similar loft but also applies to grain storage

Surface Forms

mow singular
mows plural

Etymology

Mow for a hay loft comes from an old word for a 'stack' of hay and appears in the compound haymow. So a mow is the loft or upper space in a barn where farmers store their hay.