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What does nocking mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of nock
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Dropping the water skin, he stood up rapidly and took out his bow, nocking an arrow rapidly, aiming for the direction of the voices.
Cynthia and Melody stand a slight way away, already nocking new arrows.
Then taking up his own good stout bow and nocking an arrow with care, he shot with his very greatest skill.
As the nocking point jumps up and down during the power stroke, it jerks the arrow hock up and down, which creates excessive and violent oscillation in the arrow.
However, bare-shaft tuning is a good method to determine the ideal nocking point position.
To correct a nock-high tear, move the nocking point down or move the arrow rest up.

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