bock beer
- a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
Origin of bock beer
Examples from the Web for bock
Contemporary Examples of bock
Solomon recounts a recurring Socratic dialogue between Robbins and Stein, Bock, and Harnick.
Bock: In Berlin I saved Jewish girls, who were to be sent to the concentration camp.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald WelzerSönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
Bock says students usually notify his office of their wish for a deferral through June 1.
Historical Examples of bock
Bock is made of the skin of the Persian sheep, and is called Persian in London.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
After three quarters of an hour on the "Bock" she fell dead.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
A bock at a café brought him neither comfort nor inspiration.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide PujolWilliam J. Locke
A waiter brought him his "bock," which he swallowed at a gulp.
Original Short Stories, Volume 5 (of 13)Guy de Maupassant
It seemed better to parrot the Belgian and order "Bock," and that was what I decided to do.
Outwitting the HunPat O'Brien
bock
- a variant spelling of boke
bock beer
bock
- US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer
- (in France) a light beer
Word Origin for bock beer
Word Origin and History for bock
type of beer, 1856, from German ambock, Bavarian dialectal pronunciation of Einbecker bier, from Einbeck, Hanover, where it was first brewed.