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Webster 1913 Edition
Chock
Chock
,Verb.
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 caskChock
,Verb.
I.
To fill up, as a cavity.
“The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.” Fuller.
Chock
,Noun.
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.
2.
(Naut.)
A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
Chock
,adv.
(Naut.)
Entirely; quite;
as,
. chock
home; chock
aftChock
,Noun.
An encounter.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Chock
CHOCK
,Noun.
Chocks of the rudder, are pieces of timber kept in readiness to stop the motion of the rudder, in case of an accident, &c.
CHOCK
, an encounter. [See Shock.]Definition 2024
chock
chock
English
Noun
chock (plural chocks)
- Any wooden block used as a wedge or filler
- (nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
- Blocks made of either wood, plastic or metal, used to keep a parked aircraft in position or from accidental movement.
- 2000, Lindbergh: A Biography, by Leonard Mosley, page 82
- On April 28, 1927, on Dutch Flats, below San Diego, Charles Lindbergh signaled chocks-away to those on the ground below him.
- 2000, Lindbergh: A Biography, by Leonard Mosley, page 82
Translations
wooden block used as a wedge or filler
(nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line
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block used to keep aircraft in position
Verb
chock (third-person singular simple present chocks, present participle chocking, simple past and past participle chocked)
- (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
- (intransitive) To fill up, as a cavity.
- Fuller
- The woodwork […] exactly chocketh into joints.
- Fuller
- (nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
Translations
to stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block
(nautical) to insert a line in a chock
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Adverb
chock (not comparable)
- (nautical) Entirely; quite.
- chock home; chock aft
Etymology 2
French choquer. Compare shock (transitive verb).
Noun
chock (plural chocks)
- (obsolete) An encounter.
Verb
chock (third-person singular simple present chocks, present participle chocking, simple past and past participle chocked)
- (obsolete) To encounter.
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
chock (third-person singular simple present chocks, present participle chocking, simple past and past participle chocked)
- To make a dull sound.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
- She saw him hurry to the door, heard the bolt chock. He tried the latch.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1