Definition of Chock

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Definition of Chock

Chock

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

To fill up, as a cavity.

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.

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.

Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.

To encounter.

An encounter.

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Chock Translations

chock in German is festkeilen
chock in Spanish is calzo, chaveta
chock in Swedish is kil, kloss

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