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

Shure that’s as asy as tumblin’ from a haycock.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

Then they went along to the next haycock and pitched that in the same way, and little John raked after, raking up the hay that had dropped from the pitchforks.

From The Sandman: His Farm Stories by Hopkins, William J.

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

The blue sky above us is bright and serene, No cloud on its bosom remains; The woods and the fields and the hedges are green, And the haycock smells sweet from the plains.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall