windrow

Meaning

Noun

1. A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
2. A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
3. A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
4. A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
5. (broadly) A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
6. (Canada) A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
7. (Canada, broadly) A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
8. (UK) The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.

Verb

To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.

Synonyms

swath

swathe

stacking

row

stock pile

material pile

stock heap

Translations

andain

zwad

Schwade

zwade

hilera

andana

Mahd

andana

Etymology

From wind + row.