hassock
hassock Lexical Profile
hassock Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thick, firm cushion used as a footstool or for resting the legs upon.
"She rested her weary feet on the embroidered velvet hassock while reading her book by the fire."
A firm cushion provided in a church for the congregation to kneel upon during prayer.
"During the long prayer, he knelt on the worn leather hassock at the base of the wooden pew."
A dense clump or tuft of coarse grass, sedge, or bog vegetation.
"While crossing the marsh, the hikers carefully stepped from one grassy hassock to another to avoid sinking into the mud."
• Rhymes for hassock
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'hassuc', meaning a clump of coarse grass. The meaning shifted in the 16th century when dense clumps of grass or rushes were used as crude cushions, eventually referring to stuffed footstools.
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