flake
n.β Β«A big flake of straw thrown out onto the snow, along with some scratch feed, made it a bit more tempting a place to explore and soon half the flock were out in the sun.Β» ββSpring cleaning in January” by Vicki Biggs-Anderson Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais, Minnesota) Feb. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)