noun
- Plural of haycock; conical or dome-shaped piles of hay stacked in a field for drying and storage.
Usage: Chiefly agricultural; common in farming and rural contexts.
Examples
- The farmer arranged the dried grass into several haycocks across the meadow.
- After the harvest, haycocks dotted the landscape like small mountains.
- The children played around the haycocks while the adults worked.
- Before modern equipment, haycocks were the standard way to cure hay in the field.
- The haycocks were covered with tarps to protect them from rain.