<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also Chiefly Midland U.S.: a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow</li><li>a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths</li><li>a frame of horizontal bars and vertical supports, as used to hold barrels in a distillery, boxes in a warehouse, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to form grain into a stack or pile</li><li>to stack (cordwood) in ricks</li></ul>