haycock
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See also: Haycock
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hay + cock (“conical heap”).
Noun[edit]
haycock (plural haycocks)
- 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.
- 1789, Jane Austen, ‘Henry and Eliza’, Juvenilia:
References[edit]
- “haycock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.