The first breath of air that he had noticed for days was stirring the leaves, and he saw the new moon like a golden sickle poised above the broken summit of a hayrick.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The farmer unrolls his canvas over the new-made hayrick, which is not yet thatched, thinking that a torrent will descend in the night; but no, the morrow is the same.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
At this season of the year you see them lurking much about the hayrick and the hay-loft.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage