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hayband

hayband noun: a crude rope made from hay.

Noun

hayband (plural haybands)

  1. A crude rope made from hay.
    • [T]he Pontypool family had come down upon the property, which was being nailed into boxes, and packed into hampers, and swaddled up with haybands, and buried in straw, and locked under three keys in green baize plate-chests, and carted away[…]1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850...

Forms of hayband

pluralhaybands

Origin of hayband

From hay + band.

Questions about hayband

What does hayband mean?
Hayband means a crude rope made from hay.
What part of speech is hayband?
Hayband is a noun.
What is the plural of hayband?
The plural of hayband is haybands.

Words near hayband in the dictionary

  1. hayawa
  2. haybag
  3. haybags
  4. haybale
  5. haybales
  6. hayband
  7. haybands
  8. haybarn
  9. haybarns
  10. haybed
  11. haybeds

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