סוֹכָרָא m. (סְכַר) 1) bolt. Targ. Prov. XVIII, 19.—Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ (of a mute man that wanted to point out the place ʽEn Sokher, v. preced.) והוה יהיב … וידיה על ס׳ he put one hand on his eye and the other on a bolt; Men. 64ᵇ סיכ׳ (corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5); Yalk. Ezra 1067. —2) ס׳ דנהרא dam, lock. Y. Bets. III, 62ᵃ top ס׳ דנהרא שרו it is permitted to catch fish (on a Holy Day) which are kept in the lock of a river, v. דטסים; Y. Sabb. III, 14ᵃ bot. סברא (corr. acc., or סֻכְרָא).—[Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵇ ס׳ דקיסא, v. סוּבְרָא.