sun-cured

[ suhn-kyoord ]

adjective

1. cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.

sun-cured

adjective

1. cured or preserved by exposure to the sun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sun-cured¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

Leaving the Ab-i-Diz, the path pursues valleys with streams and dry torrent-beds, much wooded with oak and hawthorn, with hills above, buff with uncut sun-cured hay, magnificent pasturage, but scantily supplied with water.

From Project Gutenberg

All else is uncut sun-cured hay, and its pale uniform buff colour is soft, and an improvement on the glare of bare gravel.

From Project Gutenberg

The road to Sujbulāk passes over uplands and hill-slopes, tawny with sun-cured grass, and after crossing some low spurs, blue with the lovely Eryngium cæruleum, descends into a long rich valley watered by the river Sanak.

From Project Gutenberg

After five hours of toiling up the Drinayi Pass, taking several deep fords, and being detained by a baggage horse falling fifty feet with his load, we crossed the summit, and by a long descent through hills of rounded outlines covered with uncut sun-cured hay, reached the plain of Gawar, where the guards left us.

From Project Gutenberg

His shirt sleeves were rolled up and his arms were the color of sun-cured tobacco, or the mud pies that sister used to bake.

From Project Gutenberg