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hattock

The English word “hattock” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small hat.
  2. A shock of standing sheaves of corn or grain, the tops of which are covered and protected by two sheaves laid in such a way as to carry off rain; the two covering sheaves, also called hood sheaves or hooders.
  3. A hole in a roof where owls lodge.

Etymology

From hat + -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

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