haymower

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English

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Etymology

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From hay +‎ mower.

Noun

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haymower (plural haymowers)

  1. A person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 41:
      Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.
  2. A mechanical device for cutting grass to make hay.