nock
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
a notch or groove at the end of an arrow into which the bowstring fits.
a notch or groove at each end of a bow, to hold the bowstring in place.
Nautical. throat (def. 6a).
to furnish with a nock.
to adjust (the arrow) to the bowstring, in readiness to shoot.
Origin of nock
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How to use nock in a sentence
Romney's words are straight out of Martin, Barton, and Fish, or Albert Jay nock, the noted libertarian anti-New Dealer.
Then run your hand along the side of the bow and string to the bottom nock.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. SherwoodIn each of the tips of the horns is a notch for the string, called the nock.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. SherwoodShe can nock the spots off from any woman who wears a waterfall, gettin' up a good square meal.
It was published on the premises now occupied as nock's refreshment bar, in Union Passage.
In shooting at the target the first thing is to nock the arrow, that is, to place it properly on the string.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
British Dictionary definitions for nock
/ (nɒk) /
a notch on an arrow that fits on the bowstring
either of the grooves at each end of a bow that hold the bowstring
to fit (an arrow) on a bowstring
to put a groove or notch in (a bow or arrow)
Origin of nock
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