Hayfields

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Expanses of terrain cultivated for grass growth intended for the production of fodder for animals are referred to as specific agricultural areas
2. These are designated plots of land where grasses are cultivated and harvested, primarily to create dry feed for livestock
3. Areas of land specifically managed to cultivate grasses that are harvested and dried for feeding livestock

Etymology: "Hayfields" is simply the plural of "hayfield," a compound of two plain Old English-derived words: "hay," the cut and dried grass fed to livestock in winter, and "field," an open tract of land. The pairing is transparent, and the compound describes exactly what it names: a field whose crop is grass cut for fodder. The plural adds nothing new to the meaning. It refers to several such fields at once, as in a village surrounded by hayfields in early summer, when the grass is cut and gathered before the rain comes.

Synonyms: meadows, pastures