In Old English law, a cocket was a custom house seal; or a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty. Hence, in Scotland, there was an officer called the clerk of the cocket.

Cocket was also a type of bread in England, as referenced in the Assize of Bread and Ale, 51 Hen. III (ca. 1266), where there is mentioned cocket bread, among several other kinds. It seems to have been hard sea-biscuit, which perhaps had then some mark or seal on it; or else, was so called from its being designed for the use of the cockswains, or seamen.

References

• This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
• "Cocket". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.

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