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Cocking vs Bocking - What's the difference?

cocking | bocking |

As nouns the difference between cocking and bocking

is that cocking is (archaic) the hunting of gamecocks while bocking is a coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.

As a verb cocking

is .

As an adjective cocking

is (vulgar) offensive or worthless.

cocking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
  • (obsolete) Cockfighting.
  • * 1792 , The European Magazine, and London Review (volume 21, page 313)
    • Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races

    Derived terms

    * cocker, cocker spaniel

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (vulgar) offensive or worthless
  • * 2000 , Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing (page 180)
    • "Son of a cocking bastard."

    bocking

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
    • (Webster 1913)