haymower

noun — 2 senses

haymower

noun

Etymology From hay + mower.

1

A person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.

  • Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 41:
2

A mechanical device for cutting grass to make hay.

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