Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

a device (traditionally a mannequin ) that isused to discourage birds like crows from disturbingcrops

a dummy shaped and dressed like a human and placed inside a crop to frighten away crows and other birds

A crude figure of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.

A scarecrow is a device (traditionally a mannequin) that is used to discourage birds such as crows from disturbing crops. Not only do crows feed on recently cast seed, they also gather nightly, starting with groups of a half dozen which then unite to form a group of 20 to 30 and so on until the flock is quite large and noisy. It is their habit to return to the same place each night.