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salt hay Esp. Maritimes 
hay from salt-water tidal marshes, as Juncus gerardi.
See also: salt-water grass
- 1822 (1960) . . . he had just exchanged her [a mare] with a couple of tons of salt hay, for an excellent young horse. . . .
- 1934 "It's salt hay," said the driver. "Oxen and cattle like it for a relish. We gather it from the meadows near the salt water. Salt hay is different from English hay. It has to be dried and dried and dried."
- 1963 The swamp was lush with rank grass, known as salt hay because the water of the swamp was brackish.
- 1822 (1960) . . . he had just exchanged her [a mare] with a couple of tons of salt hay, for an excellent young horse. . . .