Conical hay pile
A haycock is a small, conical pile of hay left in a field to dry before being gathered into larger stacks or transported to storage.
The shape allows rain to run off while air circulates to cure the hay.
Though the practice has largely been replaced by modern baling equipment, haycocks remain a familiar image in pastoral landscapes and rural literature.
The field was dotted with haycocks after the morning's mowing.
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Conical hay pile
A haycock is a small, conical pile of hay left in a field to dry before being gathered into larger stacks or transported to storage.
The shape allows rain to run off while air circulates to cure the hay.
Though the practice has largely been replaced by modern baling equipment, haycocks remain a familiar image in pastoral landscapes and rural literature.
The field was dotted with haycocks after the morning's mowing.
1. shape — mound, Heaped earth formation; cone (Tapered solid, circular base); pile (Accumulated mass of objects); heap (Jumbled collection of items); stack · dome · rounded · conical · thatched · peaked · sloped · weathered
2. farming — hayrick, Mounded pile of hay; windrow (Row of cut crop); sheaf (Bound bundle of stalks); bale (Bound mass of material); rick · mow · pitchfork · hayfork · rake · tedder · curing · drying · meadow · pasture
HAY STORAGE/PROCESSING METHODhaycock ≠ hay bale Compressed dried grasses; bale · round bale · square bale · silage · haylage
GATHERED VS. SCATTERED STATEhaycock ≠ windrow Row of cut crop; swath
hay, cock, haystack, haywire, haying, hayloft, hays, hayed, hayfield
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/haycock