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deer-hay

deer-hay noun: a buckstall.

Noun

deer-hay (plural deer-hays)

  1. (obsolete) A buckstall.
    • Juſtice oſ Peace to determine uſing Deer Hays, Buckſtalls or Engines to catch Herons.1676, Joseph Keble, “Peace”, in The Statutes at Large in Paragraphs from Magna Carta Until this Time, […] , London
    • II. Stat. 19 H. 7. 11. None ſhall keep any Deer-hays or Buck-ſtalls, ſave in his own Foreſt or Park, […]1689, An Exact Abridgment Of all the Statutes in Force and Use From the beginning of Magna Charta, London, page 297

Forms of deer-hay

pluraldeer-hays

Questions about deer-hay

What does deer-hay mean?
Deer-hay means a buckstall.
What part of speech is deer-hay?
Deer-hay is a noun.
What is the plural of deer-hay?
The plural of deer-hay is deer-hays.

Words near deer-hay in the dictionary

  1. deer yard
  2. deer's grass
  3. deer's hair
  4. deer's tongue
  5. deer-hair
  6. deer-hay
  7. deer-hays
  8. deer-neck
  9. deer-necks
  10. deer-pig
  11. deer-pigs

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