hassock

• Substantivo que designa uma almofada grossa usada como apoio para os pés ou para ajoelhar-se, especialmente na igreja; historicamente, também se refere a um tufo de grama ou a um pequeno monte.

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.

   Almofada para ajoelhar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoskneeler

2. C2formalbritish

   A clump or tuft of grass or sedge.

   Tufo de capim

   • 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.

   Sinônimosclumptufttussock