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Definition of The Hay Wain from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

The Hay Wain

/ðə ˈheɪ weɪn/

/ðə ˈheɪ weɪn/

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the best-known painting (1821) by the English artist John Constable. It is in the National Gallery in London, and shows a typical English countryside scene of the period, in summer. Wain is an old-fashioned word meaning a farm cart.

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