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plural ricks
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. quotations examples
There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows; […].
1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 53, in Adam Bede […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […]
(US) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. examples
third-person singular simple present ricks, present participle ricking, simple past and past participle ricked
To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. examples
To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. examples
(military, derogatory and demeaning) A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.