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chock

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

chock / chäk/ • n. 1. a wedge or block placed against a wheel or rounded object, to prevent it from moving. ∎ a support on which a rounded structure, such as a cask or the hull of a boat, may be placed to keep it steady. 2. a fitting with a gap at the top, through which a rope or line is run. • v. [tr.] (often be chocked) prevent the forward movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock. ∎ support (a boat, cask, etc.) on chocks.

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chock

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

chock (dial.) block, log XVII; piece of wood, etc. for holding an object in position, etc. XIV. prob. — ONF. *cho(u)que (mod. Picard choque, Norman chouque), var. of OF. ço(u)che (mod. souche) log, block of wood = Pr. soca stump, trunk, of unkn. orig.

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T. F. HOAD. "chock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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chock

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

chock n. a support on which a rounded structure, such as a cask or the hull of a boat, may be placed to keep it steady.
v. support (a boat, cask, etc.) on chocks.

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chock

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

chock. Wedge-shaped timber or metal used to fill frames, shores, and other rough constructions.

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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "chock." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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chock

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

chock •ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, cock, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok •manioc • Antioch • sjambok •gemsbok • rhebok • steenbok •springbok • grysbok • Lombok •Zadok • Languedoc •burdock, Murdoch •hollyhock • forehock • spatchcock •blackcock • Hancock • petcock •haycock • gamecock •Leacock, peacock, seacock •Hickok • Hitchcock • poppycock •stopcock • gorcock •Alcock, ballcock •monocoque • woodcock • shuttlecock •moorcock • weathercock

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