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Noun: hassock  ha-suk
  1. Thick cushion used as a seat
    "She curled up on the hassock with a good book";
    - ottoman, pouf, pouffe [Brit], puff
     
  2. A cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
    "The parishioners knelt on hassocks during the prayer"

Derived forms: hassocks

Type of: cushion, seat

Encyclopedia: Hassock