| 单词 | chockstone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschockstone chockstone n. Mountaineering a stone or rock wedged in a vertical cleft, esp. when used as a belay or hold. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > other stones loys1295 anthracites1535 rockstone?1545 stone-glass1585 milkstone1598 fieldstone1649 pebble1669 ballstone1726 grain-stone1756 knablick1757 found stone1800 sitfast1809 graptolite1838 bumble1839 hardhead1849 chock1894 chockstone1894 1894 W. P. H. Smith Climbing in Brit. Isles I. 22 Chockstone, a northern word for a stone wedged between the sides of a gully. 1906 G. D. Abraham & A. P. Abraham Rock-climbing N. Wales vii. 149 A fine spiky handhold on one of the lower chockstones makes the passage up the left side comparatively safe and simple. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages xxi. 312 After a rather awkward chockstone, I came to a fork. 2002 Adventure Trav. Mar. 9/2 The climbing was also traditional:..bridging across steep corners whilst struggling to hammer in a wedge or tie a sling round a chockstone. < as lemmas |
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