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chockstone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃɑkstoʊn/ (General-American)
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• /ˈtʃɒkstəʊn/ (UK)

Etymology

From chock + stone. The climbing sense derives from the wedges' use as artificial chockstones.

Meanings

1. 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:
2. A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.

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