Meanings
nounhaybale (plural haybales)
plural haybales
- A bale of hay.
The wind was gusting, and the paper targets on the haybales were rippling, and I looked up at the sibling-suns with gratitude for this—this empty archery field.
2023, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, The Eyes and the Impossible, page 197
Origin
Translations
Danish høballe
- høballea bale of hay
Dutch hooibaal
- hooibaala bale of hay
Finnish heinäpaali
- heinäpaalia bale of hay
German Heuballen
- Heuballena bale of hay
Icelandic heybaggi
- heybaggia bale of hay
Swedish höbal
- höbala bale of hay
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APA
haybale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haybale
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“haybale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haybale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haybale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haybale.
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