English Explanatory Dictionary

estoc

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.

Word forms

estoc estocs

Etymology

From French estoc, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn (“to push, thrust”); see there for more. Compare Middle English touk (“a sword”) (whence obsolete English tuck (“rapier, sword”)), Middle English stok(e) (“blow with a sword”) (both probably from Old French estoc).

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