chockstone.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
Meaning & usage
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
Where this word comes from
From chock + stone. The climbing sense derives from the wedges' use as artificial chockstones.
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