[f. the village Bocking in Essex.] A kind of coarse woollen drugget or baize.
1759. B. Martin, Nat. Hist. Eng., II. Essex, 23. Bays, of which this Village has a peculiar Sort, called Bockings.
1848–60. Bartlett, Dict. Amer., Bocking, a kind of baize or woollen cloth … used to cover floor or to protect carpets.
