haying, vbl. n.
(ˈheɪɪŋ)
[f. hay v.1 + -ing1.]
The process of making and storing hay.
| 1677 Dade's Prognost. A viij, In this Moneth [July] ply your Haying. 1864 Lowell Fireside Trav. 108 The haying being over, fires blazed or smouldered against the stumps in the fields. 1882 Times 30 Nov. 11 The object of ensilage is to maintain the sap as nearly as possible in its original state, without..transformation into grain or straw, or the fermentation of haying. |
b. attrib., as haying season, haying time.
| 1556 Withals Dict. (1568) 2 a/1 Heying time, fœnifacium. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1542/2 Till haruest or haieng time. 1814 Sporting Mag. XLIV. 206 One Sunday in the haying season. 1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones 83 In haying-time, thrice a day, a score or more of stout-limbed laborers gathered around my grandfather's board. |