Editing Jockstrap (section)

== Etymology ==
The word ''jockstrap'' has purportedly been in use at least since 1891, a likely contraction of "jockey strap", as the garment was first designed for bicycle-riding messengers and deliverymen, or 'bike jockeys'. The Bike Jockey Strap was the first jockstrap manufactured in America in 1874.<ref name=bikehistory>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikeathletic.com/History.aspx |title=Bike History |website=Bike Athletic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124113927/http://www.bikeathletic.com/History.aspx |archive-date=2007-11-24 }} (archived from [http://www.bikeathletic.com/History.aspx the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124113927/http://www.bikeathletic.com/History.aspx |date=November 24, 2007 }} on 2007-11-24).<!-- as of May, 2009 the http://www.bikeathletic.com/ website is unavailable and is being reorganized. It will probably reappear, but the "History" page will likely be moved; needs to be checked and updated when the site comes back online --></ref><ref name=davis2007>{{cite book |title=Art of Dress Designing |first=Michael |last=Davis |publisher=Global Media |year=2007 |isbn=978-81-904575-7-6 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Go4DwgEACAAJ}}</ref>

[[Jockey]] meaning 'rider', primarily a race horse rider, has been in use since 1670.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Jockey |volume=15 |page=427}}</ref> Jockey itself is the diminutive form of the Scots nickname Jock (for John) as Jackie is for the English nickname Jack. The nicknames Jack and Jackie, Jock and Jockey have been used generically for 'man, fellow, boy, common man'. From the period ''c''.1650–''c.''1850, 'jock' was used as slang for penis.<ref name=etym>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=j&p=3 |title=Jock |website=Online Etymology}}</ref>

The more recent American slang term "[[Jock (athlete)|jock]]", meaning an athlete, is traced to the period of 1953 to 1963, and is itself derived from "jockstrap"<ref name=etym /> and "jockey".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Polly |title=A House Is Not a Home |date=1953 |isbn=978-1558495593 |page=89}}</ref>