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hayrick
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Word definitions for hayrick in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A haystack.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a stack of hay [syn: haystack , rick ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick !
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hayrick \Hay"rick`\ (-r[i^]k`), n. A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from hay + rick .
Usage examples of hayrick.
Four wooden tuns big as hayricks were cradled in a frame against the wall.
That peasant joins a rebellious mob, burns hayricks, ambushes traders: that’s nothing new.
The villages have long rows of single-storey dwellings built of wood and stone or brick, wrought-iron gates leading to tidy yards with conical hayricks constructed around poles.
Here were more hayricks, vines trailing over trellis, pigs rooting, geese and hens in coops, with their chicks running free.
One day when he caught Seccombe surveying the hayricks he said, “That’s to feed cattle when the winters get cold,” and Seccombe said, “Last winter I hardly wore a coat,” and Brumbaugh said blandly, “With all your cattle, you better hope it stays that way.
It was only a small province, with fat cows and well-fed sheep, with hayricks and meadows of soft grass that sheltered rabbits and fieldmice.
When you think of all the timber yards, hayricks, thatched roofs and oil stores it could have hit by chance, it's managed to really frighten everyone without actually harming the city.
When you think of all the timber yards, hayricks, thatched roofs and oil stores it could have hit by chance, it’.