Also spelled ayfield
noun
Freq #76918
Meanings
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noun
a field in which grass or another crop is grown, cut, or lying for use as hay
Workers gathered the dry grass from the hayfield before the rain arrived.
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Etymology
A transparent compound of hay + field, attested in forms inherited from Old English. It denotes land used to grow or harvest grass for hay, or a field in which the cut hay is lying.