Meaning & use

Haymow

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The part of a barn, usually a loft, used for storing hay.

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The children loved jumping into the soft piles of hay in the haymow.

He climbed up to the haymow to toss down bales for the cattle.

A note on using this word

'Mow' here is pronounced to rhyme with 'cow', from an Old English word for a heap or pile, unrelated to 'mow' meaning to cut grass.

Words with a similar meaning

hayloft

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