silage of about 40 to 50 percent moisture made from forage stored in a silo
Word origin
[1955–60; hay + (si)lage]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, life-support, new wave, opioid, rite of passage
Examples of 'haylage' in a sentence
haylage
This can be thrown away and the rest of the undamaged haylage used.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
One was full of haylage, extra-nutritious hay, because you wouldn't risk feeding the horses the local food.