hay-cock

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English

Hay-cocks in a field

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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

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