haycock

== English == === Alternative forms === hay-cock === Etymology === From Middle English haycok, hacoke, haycoke; equivalent to hay +‎ cock (“conical heap”). === Noun === haycock (plural haycocks) 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 haystack or barn. Hypernym: cock Coordinate terms: grass-cock (broadly synonymous), hayrick, haystack, rick, stook ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “haycock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.