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grass-cock

grass-cock noun: a cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).

Noun

grass-cock (plural grass-cocks)

  1. (dated) A cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).
    • Near-synonyms: haycock, hay-cock (broadly synonymous)
    • Grass-cock (s. in husbandry) A small heap of mown grass laid to dry the first day.1775, John Ash, The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language, In Which All The Words are Introduced ... To Which Is Prefixed, A Comprehensive Grammar; In Two Volumes, volume I
    Synonyms:
    haycock, hay-cock[Appendix:Glossary

Examples of grass-cock in a sentence

  • Tithes of hay ought to be paid in grass-cocks.1795, Modern Reports; or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, volume 9, London...
  • Next, the grass-cocks are to be well shaken out into staddles, or separate plats, of five or six yards in diameter.1848 [1794], unknown author, widely requoted, with alterations, quotee, “Haymaking”, in Rev. John M. Wilson, editor, The rural cyclopedia...
  • From the windrows, it should be made up into grass-cocks, which, having enjoyed the influence of the sun and air for a day or two, may be thrown into large cocks for carting.1807, Mr. Banister, quotee, “Hay”, in The Complete Farmer; Or, General Dictionary of Agriculture and Husbandry: Comprehending the Most...

Synonyms of grass-cock

  • haycock
  • hay-cock[Appendix:Glossary

Forms of grass-cock

pluralgrass-cocks

Origin of grass-cock

From grass + cock.

Questions about grass-cock

What does grass-cock mean?
Grass-cock means a cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).
How do you use grass-cock in a sentence?
Tithes of hay ought to be paid in grass-cocks.
What part of speech is grass-cock?
Grass-cock is a noun.
What is the plural of grass-cock?
The plural of grass-cock is grass-cocks.

Words near grass-cock in the dictionary

  1. grass widower
  2. grass widowers
  3. grass widowhood
  4. grass widows
  5. grass-bird
  6. grass-cock
  7. grass-cocks
  8. grass-comber
  9. grass-combers
  10. grass-dart
  11. grass-darts

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