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Cocking — may refer to: Robert Cocking (1776–1837), English inventor Samuel Cocking (1842–1914), British trader Cocking, West Sussex, village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England Cocking cloth, device for catching pheasants… … Wikipedia
Cocking railway station — Cocking Location Place Cocking Area Chichester, West Sussex Grid reference … Wikipedia
Cocking — Cock ing, n. Cockfighting. Ben Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cocking piece — noun A piece of wood used to build a roof out over eaves (also sprocket) • • • Main Entry: ↑cock … Useful english dictionary
Cocking — Cockings fehlerhafte Fallschirmkonstruktion von 1837 Robert Cocking (* 1776; † 24. Juli 1837 in London) war der Erfinder einer der ersten Fallschirmkonstruktonen, die jedoch nicht funktionierte. Er war der erste Fallschirmspringer, der bei einem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cocking, West Sussex — Coordinates: 50°57′05″N 0°45′03″W / 50.9513°N 0.75095°W / 50.9513; 0.75095 … Wikipedia
Cocking, England — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption= latitude= 50.9513 longitude= 0.75095 official name =Cocking population = shire district= Chichester shire county= West Sussex region= South East England constituency westminster=… … Wikipedia
Cocking affair — The Cocking affair was an attempt in 1941 by Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge to exert direct control over the state s educational system, particularly through the firing of Professor Walter Cocking and the subsequent removal of members of the… … Wikipedia
Cocking handle — The cocking handle (also known as charging handle or bolt handle) is a device on a firearm which, when operated, results in the hammer or striker being cocked or moved to the ready position. It allows the operator to pull the bolt to the rear,… … Wikipedia
Cocking-cloth — Detail from the engraving Pearching the Pheasant in The Gentleman s Recreation, 1686, by Richard Blome. In hunting tactics, a cocking cloth was a device suitable in catching pheasants, similar in construction to a kite. It consists of a piece of… … Wikipedia
Cocking — This most interesting and curious surname may have originated from two possible sources. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, and a locational name from Cocking, a place in Sussex, appearing as Cochinges in the Domesday Book of 1086. The… … Surnames reference
