haylift
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hay + lift, influenced by airlift.
Noun
[edit]haylift (plural haylifts)
- An airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.
- 2007 January 3, The Associated Press, “Copters Drop Food for People and Cattle Trapped by Snow”, in New York Times[1]:
- Colorado also began a haylift in hopes of saving thousands of cattle immobilized by drifts as high as 10 feet.