hayfield

[ hey-feeld ]

noun

1. a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayfield¹

First recorded in 1775–85; hay + field

Example Sentences

The decline of their natural habitat means curlew often breed in farmers' hayfields where their nests can be destroyed if the grass is mown in May or June, before chicks have had time to fledge.

From BBC

Blue screens enabled Montpellier to mount plates of hayfields and buggy trails outside the elevated loft doors, and he could easily control light changes as the discussions lengthened into evening.

From Los Angeles Times

On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a rich basin of row crops and hayfields.

From Salon

That discovery, a few feet below the ground between a rural road and a hayfield, was the latest in a long tradition of construction workers becoming accidental paleontologists.

From New York Times

After World War II, as suburbanization made hay on the old hayfields the two joined under a new name — Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times