haycock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small conical pile of hay left in a field to dry

   The workers raked the cut grass into a neat haycock before the evening rain.

From hay + cock in the older sense 'a small conical heap.' The second element probably refers to the pile's pointed, upright shape. Haycock has named a field pile of drying hay since Middle English.

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