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hassock - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

hassock (plural hassocks)

• A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock. [from 10th c.]
• A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying. [from 16th c.]
  • ✤ Synonym: kneeler
  • ✤ At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book.¹
• A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.

Etymology

From Old English hassoc (“coarse grass”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhasək/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Rhymes: -æsək

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 357: ↩

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