[ G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat. ] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [ Also written buck beer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. bokaal. ] A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [ Local, New York ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bookland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. bōcland; bōc book + land land. ] (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. [ 1913 Webster ]