hassock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hassock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hassock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hassock n thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock] a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hassock \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.