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Hassock

Hassock Meaning & Definition
Hassock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hassock?

[n] a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
[n] thick cushion used as a seat

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hassock: ottoman | pouf | pouffe

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hassock: armchair | armless chair | back seat | banquette | bar stool | barber chair | barrel chair | basket chair | batch | batwing chair | bed chair | bench | bicycle seat | boudoir chair | bow-back chair | bucket seat | bunch | camp chair | campaign chair | club chair | club lounge chair | clump | cluster | comb-back chair | contour chair | copse | cricket | cricket chair | crop | dining chair | draft chair | Eames chair | easy chair | elbowchair | fan-back chair | fauteuil | fender stool | folding chair | foldstool | form | garden chair | group | grouping | groupment | grove | growth | high chair | Hitchcock chair | horse | knot | ladder-back chair | lot | mess | milking stool | ottoman | overstuffed chair | pew | plantation | planting | platform rocker | rocker | rocking chair | sedan chair | settle | shock | slew | stand | step stool | stook | stool | swing | taboret | thicket | throne | tuft | tussock | TV chair | wisp

See Also | cushion | seat

Hassock In Webster's Dictionary

\Has"sock\, n. [Scot. hassock, hassik, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge.] 1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. --Forby. 2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. --Cowper.

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