Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rick

Rick (rik) , noun

[Old English reek, rek, Anglo-Saxon hreác a heap; akin to hryce rick, Icelandic hraukr.]

A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. — G. Eliot

Rick , transitive verb

To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.