Hattock

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small hat. Scotland, archaic
  2. 2
    A shock of standing sheaves of corn or grain, the tops of which are covered and protected by two sheaves laid in such a way as to carry off rain; the two covering sheaves, also called hood sheaves or hooders. Northern-England
  3. 3
    A hole in a roof where owls lodge.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hat + -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hǫttr (“cowl or covering”) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). Compare dialectal Swedish hatt (“the covering of a corn-rick”).

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horse and hattock

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