: a padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe couple took to telephoning their customers -- their goal was 30 per day -- urging them to consider buying a table, a hassock, some wall art, anything.oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021 Others raked and shoveled whatever else was left behind: a card table, a barbecue grill, a boogie board, an umbrella, chairs, a hassock, pallets, pieces of cardboard, empty marijuana containers, a meth pipe.Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019 For example, a coffee table is not important in front of the sofa, but a hassock with a tray filled with casual accessories is. Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019 Others include Healthy Girl, which promotes menstrual hygiene through sanitary towels made of washable cotton, and Funny Design, which creates hassocks and jewelry out of recycled clothes and plastic bottles. Lova Rabary-rakotondravony, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2018
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, sedge, from Old English hassuc
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of hassock was before the 12th century