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chock

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–noun
1. a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
2. Nautical.
a. any of various heavy metal fittings on a deck or wharf that serve as fairleads for cables or chains.
b. a shaped support or cradle for a ship's boat, barrel, etc.
c. a small wooden piece or timber for filling a gap, reinforcing an angle, etc., in a wooden vessel.
3. Metalworking. a bearing supporting the end of a rolling mill.
4. Mining. a roof support made of cribbing filled with stones. Compare cog 3 (def. 2).
–verb (used with object)
5. to furnish with or secure by a chock or chocks.
6. Nautical. to place (a boat) upon chocks.
–adverb
7. as close or tight as possible: chock against the edge.
Origin:
ME < AF choque (cf. modern Picard choke big log, Normandy dial. chouque), OF çoche (F soche); of uncert. orig.
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chock   (chŏk)   
n.  

  1. A block or wedge placed under something else, such as a wheel, to keep it from moving.

  2. Nautical A heavy fitting of metal or wood with two jaws curving inward, through which a rope or cable may be run.

tr.v.   chocked, chock·ing, chocks

  1. To fit with or secure by a chock: The plane's wheels were chocked and chained down.

  2. Nautical To place (a boat) on chocks.

adv.  As close as possible: had to stand chock up against the railing.

[Possibly from Old North French choque, log, from Gaulish *tsukka, stump, of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

chock 
1674, possibly ult. from O.N.Fr. choque "a block," from O.Fr. çoche "log," from Gaul. *tsukka "a tree trunk, stump."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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