Haycock (Noun)
Meaning
A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The farmer's task was to create several haycocks in the field after the harvesting season.
- She made her way through the wet field to retrieve a particularly dry haycock.
- Several haycocks dotted the landscape after the machine finished cutting the field.
- They formed small haycocks of dried grass, carefully selecting dry stalks.
- Farmers commonly created small haycocks before stacking them onto larger piles in preparation for transport.