Meanings
nounhassock (plural hassocks)
plural hassocks
- A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.First known use 10th c.
- A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.First known use 16th c.
At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book.
1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 357Synonyms: kneeler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
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Origin
- Old Englishhassoc“coarse grass”
- Englishhassock
From Old English hassoc (“coarse grass”), of uncertain origin.
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Basque belar-sasi
- belar-sasigrass
Bulgarian туфа, пуф
- туфа (tufa)grass
- пуф (puf)ottoman
- табуретка (taburetka)ottoman
Czech trs trávy, polštářek pod kolena
- trs trávygrass
- polštářek pod kolenakneeler
- poduška klekátkakneeler
Dutch poef
- poefottoman
Finnish mätäs, rahi
- mätäsgrass
- rahiottoman
- ottomaaniottoman
French coussin d'agenouilloir, pouf
- coussin d'agenouilloirkneeler
- poufottoman
German Grasbüschel, Büschel
- Grasbüschelgrass
- Büschelgrass
- Kniekissenkneeler
- Betkissenkneeler
- Kniebankkissenkneeler
- Kissenkneeler
- Sitzkissenottoman
Hungarian fűcsomó, térdpárna
- fűcsomógrass
- térdpárnakneeler
- térdeplőkneeler
- puffottoman
- lábpárnaottoman
Italian zolla, pregadio
- zollagrass
- pregadiokneeler
- inginocchiatoiokneeler
Russian пуф
- пуф (puf)ottoman
Spanish reclinatorio
- reclinatoriokneeler
Swedish tuva, grästuva
- tuvagrass
- grästuvagrass
- knäkuddekneeler
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APA
hassock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassock
MLA
“hassock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassock. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hassock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassock.
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