colk

Middle English

Alternative forms

coke, colke

Etymology

Possibly from Old English *colc, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, *kelukaz, *kelukô, a diminutive of *kelǭ (“throat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔlk/

Noun

colk (plural colkes)

apple core (centre of an apple)
(rare) bolt (metal fastener)
(rare) charcoal (as the "core" of wood)

Derived terms

hertecolk

Descendants

>? English: coke

References

“colk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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