Nock may refer to:

Archery

* In a bow and arrow, 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 (1741–1804), British gunsmith, founder of Wilkinson Sword * David Nock (1829–1909), politician in South Australia * William Nock (cricketer) (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 Freeman'' and then ''The Nation'', educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an ...

(1873–1945), American author * Arthur Darby Nock (1902–1963), English classical scholar and theologian * O. S. Nock (1905–1994), British engineer and railway historian * Bello Nock (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 powerful ...

, 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 o ...

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

Urbit Urbit is a decentralized personal server platform. The platform seeks to deconstruct the client-server model in favour of a federated network of personal servers in a peer-to-peer network with a consistent digital identity. Overview The Urb ...

Archery

People

Other uses

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