# haycock

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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 haystack or barn.

## Etymology
From Middle English haycok, hacoke, haycoke; equivalent to hay + cock (“conical heap”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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