hassock

• Nom désignant un épais coussin servant de repose-pieds ou de prie-Dieu, notamment dans les églises ; historiquement, il désigne aussi une touffe d'herbe ou un petit monticule.

A noun referring to a thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling on, especially in a church; also historically refers to a tuft of grass or a small mound.

1. Cushion for kneelingC1formalbritish

   A thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling on, especially in a church.

   coussin de prière

   • The old church had velvet hassocks for the congregation.
   • She knelt on the hassock during the prayer service.
   • He bought a leather hassock for his reading chair.

   Synonymeskneeler

2. C2formalbritish

   A clump or tuft of grass or sedge.

   Touffe de graminées

   • The field was dotted with hassocks of wild grass.
   • He tripped over a large hassock in the meadow.
   • The marsh was covered in green hassocks.

   Synonymesclumptufttussock