hayrick

[ hey-rik ]

noun

1. Chiefly Midland U.S. rick ¹( def 1 ).
2. Chiefly British. a haystack.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayrick¹

First recorded in 1400–50, hayrick is from the late Middle English word heyrek. See hay, rick ¹

Example Sentences

Cowsheds, stables, pigsties, barns, bungalows, hayricks, anything that got in its way went toppling over like a nine-pin.

From Literature

He sleeps alternately in mosques, hayricks and grand estates, and meets wealthy barons and humble peasants in homespun clothing. 

From New York Times

Imagine a gigantic farmyard of three-quarters of a mile long by nearly half a mile wide, and containing above 300 hayricks, in a blaze; and the effect of burning Magdala may be readily conceived.

From Project Gutenberg

Half an hour's walk across the fields brought him to a hayrick something less than a mile from the spot.

From Project Gutenberg

The ballroom had been turned into a fine landscape, with scenes representing fields and pastures, with flowing brooks near by, and farmhouses, windmills, and hayricks in the distance.

From Project Gutenberg