haycock

See also: Haycock

English

Haycocks in a field in Ireland

Etymology

From hay +‎ cock (“conical heap”).

Noun

haycock (plural haycocks)

1. A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack.
   • 1789, Jane Austen, ‘Henry and Eliza’, Juvenilia:

     [T[hey perceived lying closely concealed beneath the thick foliage of a Haycock, a beautifull little Girl not more than 3 months old.

References

• “haycock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.