Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. · A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.
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