English Dictionary

dock

/dɒk/

noun

The fleshy root of an animal's tail. / The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked. / (obsolete) The buttocks or anus. / A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

The beaver slapped its tail on the dock.

意味（1）

The fleshy root of an animal's tail.

意味（2）

The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.

The Dock is about 1 inch thick, and two inches broad, like an Apothecaries Spatule. Of what length the whole, is uncertain, this being only part of it, though it looks as if cut off near the Buttock

意味（3）

(obsolete) The buttocks or anus.

And on a Cuſhion ſtuffed with Flocks, / She clapt her dainty pair of Docks.

意味（4）

A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.