On the afternoon he arrived, we went for a long walk and eventually rested against some haycocks in a meadow and had a long talk.
Other common objects also had their names changed to make them more seemly: haycock turned into haystack, weathercock into weathervane, and apricock into apricot.
The ‘Rosie’ of the title is a village girl who ‘baptized him with her cidrous kisses’ behind a haycock.
Definition of haycock in US English:
haycock
nounˈhāˌkäkˈheɪˌkɑk
A conical heap of hay in a field.
（田里的）锥形干草堆
Example sentencesExamples
On the afternoon he arrived, we went for a long walk and eventually rested against some haycocks in a meadow and had a long talk.
The ‘Rosie’ of the title is a village girl who ‘baptized him with her cidrous kisses’ behind a haycock.
Other common objects also had their names changed to make them more seemly: haycock turned into haystack, weathercock into weathervane, and apricock into apricot.