haylift

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noun

An airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.

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Meanings

nounhaylift (plural haylifts)

plural haylifts

  1. An airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.

    Colorado also began a haylift in hopes of saving thousands of cattle immobilized by drifts as high as 10 feet.

    2007 January 3, The Associated Press, “Copters Drop Food for People and Cattle Trapped by Snow”, in New York Times

Origin

From hay + lift, influenced by airlift.

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APA

haylift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haylift

MLA

“haylift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haylift. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haylift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haylift.

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