hassock
nounUK /ˈhasək/
Etymology From Old English hassoc (“coarse grass”), of uncertain origin.
1
A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
2
A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
- 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 357:
3
A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.