chock
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chock/tʃɒk/
▶noun
- 1 a wedge or block placed against a wheel or rounded object to prevent it from moving or to support it.
- 2 a ring with a gap at the top, through which a rope or line is run.
– origin ME: prob. from Old North. Fr. var. of OFr. çouche, çoche ‘block, log’, of unknown ult. origin.
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