coker

See also: Coker

English

Etymology

coke +‎ -er

Noun

coker (plural cokers)

The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured

Anagrams

Croke, Ocker, ocker

Middle English

Alternative forms

cuker, cokir, cocur, cokre, kokur, quequer, koker

Etymology

From Old English cocer, cocur, from Proto-Germanic *kukur-; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür. Doublet of quiver.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔkər/, /ˈkɔːkər/

Noun

coker (plural cokeres)

A kind of leather leg coverings.
(rare) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)

Descendants

English: cocker, cogger

References

“cō̆ker (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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