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Meaning Of Chock
v. t.
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch;
as, to chock a wheel or cask.
v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity.
n.
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.
n.
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.