hayricks

Conical hay piles

A hayrick is a large stack of hay stored outdoors, typically with a rounded or ridged top to shed rain.

The term is more common in British English than American, where haystack predominates.

The old hayricks stood weathering in the field.

agriculture

bales

Tied agricultural packages

  • harvestGathering mature crops
  • barnAgricultural storage structure
  • pitchforkPronged tool for moving straw

straw · fodder · threshing · farmyard · meadow · silage · livestock · storage · drying · curing

landscape

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

rural · bucolic · horizon · farmland · scenery · golden · autumn · hedgerows · windmill · picturesque

structure

conical

Tapering to a point

saddle · eaves · peaked · rounded · cylindrical · stacking · layering · ventilation · framework · base

Opposites
hay storage/processing format

hayrickshay bales

Compressed dried grass blocks

bales · round bales · square bales · silage · haylage

agricultural state

hayricksmeadow grass

Grass in open fields

green grass · pasture · hayfield

Family

hayrick

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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G