Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring. · The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring. · The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. · To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Fit the arrow to your bowstring.
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”).
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