Etymograph

English

tipstock

From tip + stock?

A compound of tip + stock

Middle English tip

English tip

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz ‘tree-trunk’

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc ‘log, trunk’

Middle English stok ‘tree trunk’

English stock

Today it means

noun The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / tipstock