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haycock

[ hey-kok ]

noun

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


haycock

/ ˈ³ó±ðɪˌ°ìÉ’°ì /

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of haycock1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; hay, cock 3
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One cow needs 16 haycocks, of a size that can be hauled by a single horse, to feed it through the winter.

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They were about the size and shape of ordinary haycocks, and show that the people must sleep, as they sit, curled almost into a ball.

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Drunkenness outlives beauty—the clod burying haycock, bog and girl.

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The hut was a structure made of poles and a thatch of brush and grass that was of about the shape of a Yankee haycock, and only a little larger.

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When he was gone, my father called me to him, and we sat down beneath the elm, on a haycock.

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