haycock

American  

[hey-kok] / ˈheɪˌkɒk /

noun

1. a small conical pile of hay stacked in a hayfield while the hay is awaiting removal to a barn.

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haycock British  

/ ˈheɪˌkɒk /

noun

1. a small cone-shaped pile of hay left in the field until dry enough to carry to the rick or barn

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Etymology

Origin of haycock

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; hay, cock ³

Example Sentences

She had been concealed in a haycock, and had, at one point, spent a week hidden in a potato hole in a cabin which belonged to a family of free Negroes.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

He jumped up with the agility of a deer, and stood ten paces distant from the haycock, which the soldiers at once began to upset.

From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper

He was what I expected, a bedraggled vagabond with tear-stains on his dirty cheeks and a vast shock of hair which I well knew would look, in daylight, like a burning haycock.

From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

It overlooks a common hayfield, where, under the shade of a haycock, sat two lovers—as constant as ever were found in romance—beneath a spreading bush.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

In the tanned haycock we see the hay dried and browned by the sun.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John