单词 | nocked |
释义 | nockedadj. Archery. Of an arrow: fitted into a bowstring. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > other specific attributes (arrows) of the same flight1545 nocked1567 unheaded1577 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 95v Or drew he with his arrow nockt his bended Bow in hand. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. v. ii. f. 185v The pliant strings belonging to your Bowes, are as apt for their enemies great nockt Arrowes, as their owne. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 332 Flourishing his spear and agitating his bow, probably with nocked arrow. 1994 Bowhunting World Feb. 12/3 I would recommend you also outfit your bow with an arrow holder, a device that keeps a nocked arrow firmly where it should be. 2001 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 6 Oct. 10 It is unlawful to carry a bow with a nocked arrow in the field, except during legal hunting hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567 |
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