chock

chock
[1] A wedge used to prevent a wheel from rolling -- especially when replacing a tire/wheel. Also called a "wheel chock."
[2] A heavy smooth-surfaced fitting usually located near the edge of the weather deck through which wire ropes or fiber hawsers may be led, usually to piers.
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  • Chock — may refer to: Chock (surname) Devices for preventing movement: Chock (wheel) Chock (climbing), anchor Chock, component of a sailing block See also Choc (disambiguation) Chok (disambiguation) Chocky , short story …   Wikipedia

  • Chock — Chock, adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chock — chock·er·man; chock; chock·a·block; chock·ful; …   English syllables

  • Chock — Chock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chocking}.] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock — Chock, v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock — Chock, n. 1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A heavy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock — Chock, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] To encounter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock — Chock, n. An encounter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chock — 1670s, lumpy piece of wood, possibly ultimately from O.N.Fr. choque a block (O.Fr. çoche log, 12c.; Mod.Fr. souche stump, stock, block ), from Gaul. *tsukka a tree trunk, stump. Chock a block is nautical, said of two blocks of tackle run so… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chock — [chäk] n. [NormFr choque, a block < Gaul * tsukka, akin to PGmc * stuk , a tree trunk, stump: for IE base see STOCK] 1. a block or wedge placed under a wheel, barrel, etc. to keep it from rolling or used to fill in a space 2. Naut. a heavy… …   English World dictionary

  • chock — [tʃɔk US tʃa:k] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old North French choque] a block of wood or metal that you put in front of the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from moving …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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