"hay-cock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hay-cocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English heicok, equivalent to hay + cock (“a shock or pile of grain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heicok}} Middle English heicok, {{compound|en|hay|cock|t2=a shock or pile of grain}} hay + cock (“a shock or pile of grain”) Head templates: {{en-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 Synonyms: haycock Coordinate_terms: hayrick, haystack, stook
    Sense id: en-hay-cock-en-noun-WsgmloNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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