dock

[ dok ]

/ dɒk /

noun

the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.

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Idioms for dock

in the dock, being tried in a court, especially a criminal court; on trial.

Origin of dock

1580–90; perhaps < Dutch dok (dial. sense) cage, poultry pen, rabbit hutch

Words nearby dock

docg, doch-an-doris, doch-an-dorrach, docherty, docile, dock, dock-walloper, dockage, docken, docker, docket

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British Dictionary definitions for in the dock (1 of 4)

dock¹

/ (dɒk) /

noun

a wharf or pier

a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships

an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level

short for dry dock

short for scene dock

mainly US and Canadian a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded

verb

to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock

to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock

(of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space

Word Origin for dock

C14: from Middle Dutch docke; perhaps related to Latin ducere to lead

British Dictionary definitions for in the dock (2 of 4)

dock²

/ (dɒk) /

noun

the bony part of the tail of an animal, esp a dog or sheep

the part of an animal's tail left after the major part of it has been cut off

verb (tr)

to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the boneto dock a tail; to dock a horse

to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages, pension, etc)they docked a third of his wages

Word Origin for dock

C14: dok, of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for in the dock (3 of 4)

dock³

/ (dɒk) /

noun

an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his trial

Word Origin for dock

C16: from Flemish dok sty

British Dictionary definitions for in the dock (4 of 4)

dock⁴

/ (dɒk) /

noun

any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves

any of several similar or related plants

Word Origin for dock

Old English docce; related to Middle Dutch, Old Danish docke, Gaelic dogha

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Idioms and Phrases with in the dock (1 of 2)

in the dock

On trial, especially in a criminal case. For example, The accused stood in the dock through the entire proceeding. This expression employs dock in the sense of “an enclosed place for the defendant in a court of law,” a usage dating from the late 1500s, and is used even in American courts where no such enclosure exists.

Idioms and Phrases with in the dock (2 of 2)

dock

see in the dock.