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haylift

noun

Etymology

From hay + lift, influenced by airlift.

  1. derived from *lewp-✻ — “to peel, break off, damage”
  2. inherited from *luftuz✻ — “roof, sky, air”
  3. inherited from *luftu✻
  4. inherited from lyft — “atmosphere, air”
  5. inherited from lifte
  6. compounded as haylift — “hay + lift”

Definitions

  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.

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