See also: Haycock

English

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Haycocks in a field in Ireland

Etymology

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From Middle English haycoke; equivalent to hay +‎ cock (conical heap).

Noun

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haycock (plural haycocks)

  1. A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack.
    • [c. 17881789], [Jane Austen], “Henry and Eliza: a novel”, in Volume the First, page 87:
      [T]hey perceived lying closely concealed beneath the thick foliage of a Haycock, a beautifull little Girl not more than 3 months old.
    • 1917, Edward Thomas, “Adlestrop”, in Poems, London: Selwyn & Blount, page 40:
      And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

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