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or less commonly hay field
: a field where herbaceous plants and especially grasses or legumes (such as timothy or orchard grass or alfalfa) are grown for hay (see hay entry 1 sense 1)
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Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The course was built on a hayfield with an emphasis on maintaining as much natural habitat as possible, converting dry pastures to prairie grass, and maintaining native plant buffers along bodies of water.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
The previous owner managed 2,200 pairs of cows and outfitted the property with perimeter fencing, cross-fencing, two dairy barns, spacious hayfields, a hay barn, and a heated workshop.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
With that in mind, ideal brood habitat is fairly open—think hayfields, food plots, and very early successional habitat—but with good escape cover nearby.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The course was built on a hayfield with an emphasis on maintaining as much natural habitat as possible, converting dry pastures to prairie grass, and maintaining native plant buffers along bodies of water.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
The previous owner managed 2,200 pairs of cows and outfitted the property with perimeter fencing, cross-fencing, two dairy barns, spacious hayfields, a hay barn, and a heated workshop.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
With that in mind, ideal brood habitat is fairly open—think hayfields, food plots, and very early successional habitat—but with good escape cover nearby.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Hayfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hayfield. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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