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deer-hays

deer-hays is the plural of deer-hay.

Meaning of deer-hay

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

Questions about deer-hays

What is deer-hays the plural of?
Deer-hays is the plural of deer-hay.

Words near deer-hays in the dictionary

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

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