barn loft
Hay storage above
A barn loft is the upper storage area in a barn, typically used for hay and straw.
The loft sits above the main floor where animals are kept, with hay dropped down through openings to feed livestock below.
Barn lofts appear frequently in rural nostalgia—children swinging from ropes, hiding in hay bales: We spent summer afternoons jumping from the barn loft into piles of straw.
- hayloftBarn's upper storage level
- hayDried feed crop
- hay balesCompressed dried grass blocks
- strawTube for sipping
- raftersSloped roof beams
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barn loftground floor
Lowest building level
main floor · milking parlor · threshing floor · ground level · basement
barn loftbasement
Subterranean building level
cellar · ground level · underground storage · pit · crawl space
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