rick

A stack of hay, straw, or similar material, especially when covered or thatched for protection from the weather.

To pile into ricks.

To pile up in ricks.

See wrick.

In parts of the United States, applied only to an oblong-shaped pile.

A pile of brushwood used in the concentration of weak brine from salt-wells, the brine being allowed to trickle over the pile with free exposure to the air.

Along the coast from New England to Delaware, a mass of salt-marsh hay supported upon piles.

A heap or pile; specifically, a pile of hay or grain, generally cylindrical, with the top rounded or conical, and sometimes thatched for protection from rain.

Synonyms Shock, etc. See sheaf.

A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.