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bocking

bocking noun: a coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, filters and other items. Also the present participle and gerund of bock.

Noun

bocking (countable and uncountable, plural bockings)

  1. A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, filters and other items.

Proper noun capitalized: Bocking

Bocking

  1. A suburb of Braintree in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7524).
  2. A surname.

Also used as

bocking is also the present participle and gerund of bock.

Forms of bocking

pluralbockings

Origin of bocking

Named after the town of Bocking, England, where it was first made.

Questions about bocking

What does bocking mean?
Bocking means a coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, filters and other items.
What part of speech is bocking?
Bocking can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bocking?
The plural of bocking is bockings.

Words near bocking in the dictionary

  1. Bockelmans
  2. bockety
  3. bockey
  4. bockeys
  5. Bockhampton
  6. bocking
  7. bockings
  8. bockland
  9. bocklands
  10. Bockle
  11. Bockles

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