Chockstone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 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.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From chock + stone. The climbing sense derives from the wedges' use as artificial chockstones.
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