hay-cock

English

Hay-cocks in a field

Alternative forms

• haycock

Etymology

From Middle English heicok, equivalent to hay +‎ cock (“a shock or pile of grain”).

Noun

hay-cock (plural hay-cocks)

1. a small conical pile of hay, or a heap of hay thrown up in a hayfield while the hay is being cured or awaiting relocation to a barn

Coordinate terms

• hayrick
• haystack
• stook