bock beer

[bok]

noun

a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.

Origin of bock beer

1855–60; < German Bock, Bockbier literally, buck beer, perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany

Also called bock.

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Examples from the Web for bock

Contemporary Examples of bock

Solomon recounts a recurring Socratic dialogue between Robbins and Stein, Bock, and Harnick.
The Strange Power of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Jen Vafidis
October 28, 2013
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 Welzer
Sönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
Bock says students usually notify his office of their wish for a deferral through June 1.
College Can Wait…And Wait
Kathleen Kingsbury
April 30, 2009

Historical Examples of bock

Bock is made of the skin of the Persian sheep, and is called Persian in London.
A Book for All Readers
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
After three quarters of an hour on the "Bock" she fell dead.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner
A bock at a café brought him neither comfort nor inspiration.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
William 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 Hun
Pat O'Brien

British Dictionary definitions for bock

bock

verb, noun

a variant spelling of boke

bock beer

bock

noun

US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer
(in France) a light beer

Word Origin for bock beer

C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover

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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.