haycock
Etymology
From hay + cock (“conical heap”).
noun
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A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack. [T[hey perceived lying closely concealed beneath the thick foliage of a Haycock, a beautifull little Girl not more than 3 months old. 1789, Jane Austen, “Henry and Eliza”, in Juvenilia
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