haycock

American  

[hey-kok] / ˈheɪˌkɒk /

noun

1. a small conical pile of hay stacked in a hayfield while the hay is awaiting removal to a barn.

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haycock British  

/ ˈheɪˌkɒk /

noun

1. a small cone-shaped pile of hay left in the field until dry enough to carry to the rick or barn

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Etymology

Origin of haycock

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; hay, cock ³

Example Sentences

She had been concealed in a haycock, and had, at one point, spent a week hidden in a potato hole in a cabin which belonged to a family of free Negroes.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Then they went along to the next haycock and pitched that in the same way, and little John raked after, raking up the hay that had dropped from the pitchforks.

From The Sandman: His Farm Stories by Hopkins, William J.

But the tracks betrayed which way musquash was travelling; so the trapper goes on, knowing if he does not find the little haycock houses on this side, he can cross to the other.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

Then I made a great effort, pulled at my trigger, and rolled backwards from my haycock into the spongy swamp, inches deep with water just there.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

Two fields away a man in a straw hat was slowly combing down the flanks of a haycock with a wooden rake, while a black and white cur slept in the young after-grass beside him.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin