Meaning & use
Hassocks
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Firm cushions used as footstools or low seats, or thick tufts of grass growing in a marshy field.
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Worshippers knelt on hassocks placed along the church pews.
The hikers picked their way carefully across the boggy field of hassocks.
A note on using this word
Traditionally found in English churches, hassocks were originally simple bundles of rushes bound together to kneel on.
Words with a similar meaning
footstoolstussocks
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