haycock

[ hey-kok ]

/ ˈheɪˌkɒk /

a small conical pile of hay stacked in a hayfield while the hay is awaiting removal to a barn.

Origin of haycock

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at hay, cock³

They had to be driven back to the “Haycock,” and Barker took them on to Stamford.

The Great North Road: London to York |Charles G. Harper
Mackenzie sat with his back to a haycock thinking in this vein.

The Flockmaster of Poison Creek |George W. Ogden
The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock.

A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World |Charles Darwin
The child sneezed again so violently that she nearly fell into the haycock.

Kisington Town |Abbie Farwell Brown

Now if I could put them things on paper, I wouldn't care a haycock to be President.

Coniston, Complete |Winston Churchill

haycock

/ (ˈheɪˌkɒk) /

a small cone-shaped pile of hay left in the field until dry enough to carry to the rick or barn