the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
n. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The lattermath, or second crop of hay cut off the same ground in one year.
n. A stubble-field left unplowed till late autumn, and furnishing a certain amount of herbage.
Word Usage
"In the meadows the peasants were piling their carts with heavy rowen, the girls lifting the hay on the forks, and the men giving themselves the lighter labor of ordering the load."