mowburnt

English

Etymology

mow +‎ burnt

Adjective

mowburnt (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
   • 1865, William Youatt, Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse, page 399:

     This is necessary for the developement of the saccharine principle; but occasionally it proceeds too far and the hay becomes mowburnt, in which state it is injurious, or even poisonous.

Related terms

• mowburning