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haycock

[ hey-kok ]

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noun

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

haycock

/ ˈheɪˌkɒk /

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

Origin of haycock¹

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

The field, and the haycock, with the blue sky above, certainly formed a very pretty bed-chamber.

Now it happened that my way led me near a haycock, and as I neared this haycock I heard voices from the other side of it.

When it at length ceased, the collected mass of birds of different kinds looked not unlike a small haycock.

The child sneezed again so violently that she nearly fell into the haycock.

At last, I contrived to shelter myself under a haycock, where I remained till day began to dawn.

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