What is "stoak"

Stoak \Stoak\, v. t. [Cf. G. stocken.] (Naut.) To stop; to choke.

vb. (context nautical transitive English) To stop; to choke.

Stoak is a small village in the civil parish of Stoke, Cheshire West and Chester; unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

It is a suburb of the town of Chester.

To its west is the intersection of the M53 and M56 Motorways and to its east the Shropshire Union Canal.

St Lawrence's Church, Stoak, is a Grade II* listed building.