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hay wains

hay wains is the plural of hay wain.

Meaning of hay wain

Noun

hay wain (plural hay wains)

  1. (obsolete) A large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon.
    • By the 1870s in England, toy dappled-grey horses were much in favour, some pulled bright yellow carts with tip-up backs, some pulled coal-trucks, others pulled haywains and dust-carts, all of these being a convenient size for a child to pull along on a string.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 82
    Synonyms:
    hay wagon

Questions about hay wains

What is hay wains the plural of?
Hay wains is the plural of hay wain.

Words near hay wains in the dictionary

  1. Hay South
  2. hay tea
  3. hay wagon
  4. hay wagons
  5. hay wain
  6. hay wains
  7. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
  8. hay-asthma
  9. hay-bote
  10. hay-botes
  11. hay-cock

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