name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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.

   "Brother Kempe, as many alhailes to thy perſon as there be haicocks in Iuly at Pancredge: […]"

2. 2
   a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

anthillbankcockdriftduneembankment

Example

More examples

"Brother Kempe, as many alhailes to thy perſon as there be haicocks in Iuly at Pancredge: […]"

Etymology

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

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