Hayband
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A crude rope made from hay.
"[T]he Pontypool family had come down upon the property, which was being nailed into boxes, and packed into hampers, and swaddled up with haybands, and buried in straw, and locked under three keys in green baize plate-chests, and carted away[…]"
Example
More examples"[T]he Pontypool family had come down upon the property, which was being nailed into boxes, and packed into hampers, and swaddled up with haybands, and buried in straw, and locked under three keys in green baize plate-chests, and carted away[…]"
Etymology
From hay + band.
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