Middle English Dictionary Entry

warrok n.(2)
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Entry Info

Forms warrok n.(2) Also (in surname) warrock; pl. warrok(k)es.
Etymology Prob. AL warroccum or AF warrok, varocq (vars. of OF garrot); ?also cp. OF (chiefly ONF) waroqueau.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A girth for a horse; (b) a wedge or twisting stick used to tighten the lashings on a scaffold; (c) ?as surname [perh. belongs to warrok n.(1)].
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