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haywain

haywain is the obsolete spelling 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

Forms of haywain

pluralhaywains

Questions about haywain

What is haywain the obsolete spelling of?
Haywain is the obsolete spelling of hay wain.

Words near haywain in the dictionary

  1. Hayton
  2. Hayton and Mealo
  3. Haytor Vale
  4. haywagon
  5. haywagons
  6. haywain
  7. haywains
  8. hayward
  9. haywards
  10. Haywards Bay
  11. Haywards Heath

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