Nock may refer to:

Archery

* In a

bow and arrow The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elasticity (physics), elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the ...

, two notches near the bow's respective ends, for attaching the bowstring *

Nock (arrow) An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...

, in an arrow, the notch in the fletched (feathered) end of the arrow, for engaging the bowstring

People

Henry Nock Henry Nock (1741–1804) was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunmaker. Nock produced many innovative weapons including the screwless lock and the seven-barrelled volley gun, although he did not invent ...

(1741–1804), British gunsmith, founder of Wilkinson Sword *

David Nock David Nock (20 September 1828 – 16 June 1909) was a member of the South Australian Parliament, remembered for introducing a Bill ("Nock's Act") forcing licensed premises to close on Sundays. History Nock was born on 20 September 1828. He arrive ...

(1829–1909), politician in South Australia *

William Nock (cricketer) William Charles Nock (born 1864 in the British West Indies, died 3 February 1909) was a West Indian cricketer who was manager of the first West Indian touring team to England in 1900. Nock worked in the civil service in Trinidad. He played two ...

(1864–1909), West Indian cricketer *

Albert Jay Nock Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 – August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of ''The Nation'' and then ''The Freeman'', educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an ...

(1873–1945), American author *

Arthur Darby Nock Arthur Darby Nock (21 February 1902 – 11 January 1963) was an English classicist and theologian, regarded as a leading scholar in the history of religion. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1930 until his death. Early life Nock ...

(1902–1963), English classical scholar and theologian * O. S. Nock (1905–1994), British engineer and railway historian *

Bello Nock Bello Nock (born September 27, 1968), often known simply as Bello, is an American daredevil and circus performer. Nock has been listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' for his highwire walk over a cruise ship. He has performed several ...

(born 1968), American circus performer

Other uses

Nock gun The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but was limited in its use because of the power ...

, a seven-barrelled volley gun *

National Oil Corporation of Kenya The National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), is a state corporation of Kenya founded by Act of Parliament in 1981, with a mandate of participating in all aspects of the Kenyan petroleum industry. The company was incorporated in 1981 and began ...

* Nock, a low-level functional programming language used in

Urbit Urbit is a decentralized personal server platform based on functional programming in a peer-to-peer network. The Urbit platform was created by alt-right political blogger Curtis Yarvin. The first code release was in 2010. The Urbit network ...

Archery

People

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