haymow

[ hey-mou ]

/ ˈheɪˌmaʊ /

hay stored in a barn.

hayloft.

Origin of haymow

First recorded in 1470–80; hay + mow²

And though Jimmie and the Hatch children turned over the hay and looked in every corner of the haymow, they could not find him.

Sunny Boy in the Country |Ramy Allison White
When they descended from the haymow, the farmer was milking his cows.

Helping Himself |Horatio Alger
Time came when John Appleman yielded, and carried whisky home in a gallon jug and hid it in the haymow.

The Wolf's Long Howl |Stanley Waterloo
Later he slept in the haymow and lay awake far into the night, listening in doubt and despair to the drip of the rain on the roof.

Kenny |Leona Dalrymple

It would have been like looking for a needle in a haymow, to search for him in these woods.

The Maine Woods |Henry David Thoreau

haymow

/ (ˈheɪˌmaʊ) /

a part of a barn where hay is stored

a quantity of hay stored in a barn or loft