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new-mown
[ noo-mohn, nyoo- ]
adjective
- recently mown or cut:
the refreshing smell of new-mown hay.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of new-mown1
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Example Sentences
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
The grandfather had carefully spread and tucked in the clean sheets over the fragrant new mown hay.
The animals were attracted by the odor of the new-mown hay, and only one calf strolled into the fool's enclosure.
The wandering scents of summer air reached me through the open window, fragrant with the sweet perfume of the new-mown hay.
It is aromatic, with an odor said to be like new-mown hay composed largely of sweet-briar rose leaves.
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