Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hayband

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hay-band
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crude rope made from hay.

Example Sentences

"[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.

Inflected Forms

haybands (plural)

Questions

What does hayband mean?: A crude rope made from hay.
Where does hayband come from?: From hay + band.

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