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   chock

   /tʃɒk/

   noun

   • 1. a wedge or block placed against a wheel or rounded object, to prevent it from moving: "their aircraft stood gently shuddering against their chocks"
   • ▪ a support for a rounded structure, such as a cask or the hull of a boat.
   • 2. a ring with a gap at the top, through which a rope or line is run.

   verb

   • 1. prevent the movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock: "the front wheel will need to be chocked"
   • ▪ support (a boat, cask, etc.) on chocks: "outside, chocked up on the waterfront, was a yacht"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çoche ‘block, log’, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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