nock

Meanings

1. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
2. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
3. The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.

1. To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
2. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

1. Fit the arrow to your bowstring.

1. Misspelling of knock.

1. Misspelling of knock.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).