nockingn.
/ˈnɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑkɪŋ/ Archery.
The action of nock v.; an instance of this.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > process in bow- or arrow-making
nocking1545
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 3 To haue a goose quyll splettyd and sewed againste the nockynge, betwixt the lining and the ledder.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 31v Vnconstante nockynge maketh a man lese hys lengthe.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Accoccatura, a nocking.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. i. 56 A proper attention was to be paid to the nocking, that is, the application of the notch at the bottom of the arrow to the bow-string.
1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 673 Bowstring, the string used in discharging a bow. The substances used, the method of treatment and of nocking are important to notice.
1991 Gander Mountain Archery Catal. 23/1 Insures positive nocking of arrow without pinching nock or affecting arrow flight.
Compounds
nocking point n. the point of a bowstring to which the notch of an arrow is applied.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > string > point to which arrow is applied
nocking point1801
1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman iv. viii. §v. 192 Whip the precise nocking point of the string with silk of one colour.
1899 P. H. Wicksteed tr. Dante Paradiso ii. 17 In such space as an arrow pauses and flies and is discharged from the nocking point.
1994 Bowhunting World Feb. 12/3 String silencers, fuzzy or rubbery wads added to your bow string above and below your central nocking point, keep your string from twanging at arrow release.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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