What does "nock" mean?
Nock: (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Additional senses
- 2.To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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