Nock

Nock may refer to:

Archery

• In a bow and arrow, two notches near the bow's respective ends, for attaching the bowstring
• Nock (arrow), 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 (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, a seven-barrelled volley gun
• National Oil Corporation of Kenya
• Nock, a low-level functional programming language used in Urbit

See also

• Knock (disambiguation)
• Nauck (disambiguation)
• NOK (disambiguation)