hay-mow

Two men led my mother down a steep and gliddery stair-way, like the ladder of a hay-mow; and thence from the break of the falling water as far as the house of the captain.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

So in the dark odorous hay-mow Mr. Wrenn stretched out his legs with an affectionate “good night” to Morton.

Our Mr. Wrenn 2004

For I do like a good strife and struggle; and the doubt makes the joy of victory; whereas in this case, I might as well have been sent for a match with a hay-mow.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

They used to climb up on the hay-mow for a stage, and the grown people sat in chairs on the floor.

Stories to Tell to Children Sara Cone Bryant

He is a nocturnal traveller, very bold and impudent, coming quite up to the barn and outbuildings, and sometimes taking up his quarters for the season under the hay-mow.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

He climbed up on the edge of the hay-mow, or place where the hay is kept, and jumped into the dried grass.

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus Laura Lee Hope

And they found on top of the snow a pile of dusty sweepings from the hay-mow, with grass-seeds in it and some cracked corn and crumbs.

Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

Should be glad to creep into a hay-mow and pay somebody to feed me.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Various

He knows how hens catch mice in the hay-mow -- how they gnaw the sucking pigs 'tails to the bone

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

But in August, George fell from the hay-mow and for days he lay there white and still.

Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens