haycock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haycock
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at hay, cock 3
Vocabulary lists containing haycock
Example Sentences
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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
He jumped up with the agility of a deer, and stood ten paces distant from the haycock, which the soldiers at once began to upset.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper
In the tanned haycock we see the hay dried and browned by the sun.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
The blue sky above us is bright and serene, No cloud on its bosom remains; The woods and the fields and the hedges are green, And the haycock smells sweet from the plains.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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.
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