What is "bocking"

Bocking \Bock"ing\, 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.

n. A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.

Bocking or Böcking may refer to:

• Bocking, Essex, a village near Braintree, Essex, England
• Bocking Windmill, in Bocking, Essex
• Bocking 14, a cultivated strain of the plant Comfrey
• Powerbocking, the use of powered stilts patented by Alexander Böck
• Ralph Bocking (died 1270), English Dominican
• Edward Bocking, English monk during the reign of King Henry VIII
• Eduard Böcking (1802–1870), German legal scholar
• Henry Bocking (1835–1907), English cricketer
• Richard Bocking (1931–2012), Canadian filmmaker
• Kai Böcking (born 1964), German television presenter
• Stuart Bocking (born 1969), Australian radio presenter