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English
Etymology
Blend of hay + silage. Coined in 1949 to distinguish this type of fodder from earlier types of grass silage with higher moisture percentages.
Pronunciation
Noun
haylage (countable and uncountable, plural haylages)
- (agriculture) A type of silage with a high dry-matter content, made from the same grasses or legumes from which hay is made (such as alfalfa, timothy, and others) but not dried as much as hay nor as little as direct-chop/green-chop silage (before being ensiled).
Hypernyms
- (when spoken of as a type of silage): silage
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