salt hay
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salt hay
An Americanism dating back to 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Sea-cabbage; salt hay; sea-rushes; ooze—sea-ooze; gluten—sea-gluten; sea- scum; spawn; surf; beach; salt-perfume; mud; sound of walking barefoot ankle deep in the edge of the water by the sea.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 22, 2017
Mr. Kost, also a photographer, captured an image of the harvesting of salt hay, which was sold as mulch, packing material, bedding for cattle and other uses.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2013
Inside a great, licking blaze, whetted by the high oxygen content of the compressed air, was feeding on timbers, sawdust and salt hay in the unfinished bore.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The play was The Time of the Barracudas, which abruptly closed its pre-Broadway run in Los Angeles and was packed away in salt hay for extensive overhaul.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Riding her into the Meadowlands with Daddy on a clear Saturday morning, letting her graze the salt hay and cordgrass.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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