hayride

noun

hay·​ride ˈhā-ˌrīd 

: a pleasure ride usually at night by a group in a wagon, sleigh, or open truck partly filled with straw or hay

Examples of hayride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Toiling Out of Sight New York’s countryside, where in some areas verdant hills are dotted with bright red barns and clustered farmhouses, is a popular retreat for city dwellers and a tourism destination for recreational fruit picking, beer tasting and hayrides. —Ana Ley, New York Times, 30 May 2025

Family Farms is Broward County’s lone strawberry u-pick, home to 10 acres of strawberry plants, along with cows, chickens, bunnies and tractor hayrides that rumble to life on the weekends. —Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025

Take the family on a carriage ride or tractor hayride around the square, snap photos with Santa and check out local stores, which often stay open late for Lights Spectacular. —Nicole Cobler, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024

However, it was decided there was no safe way to continue the hayride event, so the police shut the Halloween event down. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hayride

• abide
• allied
• applied
• aside
• astride
• azide
• backside
• bankside
• bastide
• bayside
• bedside
• belied