rick
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- noun
- /rɪk/
- Archaic
:
pajar
- The farmer built a large rick of straw to provide shelter for the animals during winter.
- a rick of wood
- one rick
Examples
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They're almost done, just one row of ricks left.
Fiction book (2000) -
Passing between these ricks, one arrives at the mouth of the kiln.
Fiction book (1998) -
If the wheat rick had gone, the barn would have followed.
Fiction book (1998) -
If the ricks are not covered, we'll lose them.
Fiction book (1998) -
If that rick sets alight, the barn will go for sure.
Fiction book (1998) -
Battling the wind, she turns to the yard where Gabriel works to cover the ricks.
Fiction book (1998) -
When the yeoman went to summon them at the harvest dance, he saw at once that if the ricks were to be saved that night, or even the next morning, he must save them with his own hands.
Academic text (2007) -
We stored the hay in a rick to keep it dry and ready for the colder months.
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After collecting the corn, he carefully stacked it into a neat rick beside the barn.
Synonyms
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1.6
A large pile of dry grass left outside to feed animals
A large stack of hay piled outside to stay dry
A large pile of dry straw on a farm for animal bedding
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Etymology
Rick (noun, stack of hay) comes from an old English word hricg that meant 'ridge' or 'stack', so a rick is a long outdoor pile of hay or straw.