chockstone
/ˈtʃɒkstəʊn/US/ˈt͡ʃɑkstoʊn/
chockstone noun: a stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
Noun
chockstone (plural chockstones)
- A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
- In these coldest hours before dawn, from three until six, I take up my knife again and hack at the chockstone. I continue to make minimal but visible progress in the divot.2004, Aron Ralston, 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Simon and Schuster, published 2011, page 68
- A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
Forms of chockstone
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Origin of chockstone
From chock + stone. The climbing sense derives from the wedges' use as artificial chockstones.
Questions about chockstone
- What does chockstone mean?
- Chockstone means a stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
- What part of speech is chockstone?
- Chockstone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chockstone?
- Chockstone is pronounced /ˈtʃɒkstəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chockstone?
- The plural of chockstone is chockstones.
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