▪ I. goke Naut.
(gəʊk)
[Var. of coke, colk1. The forms goak and gowk also occur in northern dialects.]
The core or heart (of a rope): see quot.
| 1800 S. Standidge in Naval Chron. III. 474 The..rope..has generally about one-eighth part of the weight and substance in the middle of the rope, called a goke, in order to make it round. |
▪ II. goke
obs. form of gowk.