hattock

== English == === Etymology 1 === From hat +‎ -ock (“diminutive suffix”). ==== Noun ==== hattock (plural hattocks) (Scotland, archaic) A small hat. ===== Derived terms ===== horse and hattock === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse hǫttr (“cowl or covering”) +‎ -ock (“diminutive suffix”). Compare dialectal Swedish hatt (“the covering of a corn-rick”). ==== Noun ==== hattock (plural hattocks) (Northern England) A shock of standing sheaves of corn or grain, the tops of which are covered and protected by two sheaves laid in such a way as to carry off rain; the two covering sheaves, also called hood sheaves or hooders. A hole in a roof where owls lodge.