cocky chaff
noun [mass noun] Australian
Husks separated from wheat grain by threshing; wheat chaff: cocky chaff was used as a binder in walls of mud brick...
- He read a paper on the conservation of cocky chaff.
- He preferred to feed oats dry, mixed with cocky chaff, giving about 1½ gallons of oats per horse per day.
- Cover the oats with as much water as they will soak up, and allow them to swell before mixing them with a little bran and cocky chaff.
Origin
Late 19th century: from cocky3 + chaff1.