"haycock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: haycocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English haycoke; equivalent to hay + cock (“conical heap”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|haycoke}} Middle English haycoke, {{compound|en|hay|cock|t2=conical heap}} hay + cock (“conical heap”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} haycock (plural haycocks)
  1. A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack.
    Sense id: en-haycock-en-noun-F1nXjrCv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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