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单词 chockstone
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Definition of chockstone in English:

chockstone

nounˈtʃɒkstəʊnˈCHäkˌstōn
Climbing
  • A stone that has become wedged in a vertical cleft.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Climb the rest of the chimney more easily (but with interest) past the chockstones and into the Eeyrie to belay.
    • A refrigerator-size chockstone is wedged between the walls ten feet downstream from the ledge, giving the space ahead the claustrophobic feel of a short tunnel.
    • The tiny pebble of a chockstone is completely hidden by the sling looped over it so that it appears you are abseiling on a piece of tape wedged into a vertical crack…
    • I followed and when I arrived at the slung chockstone I yelled for slack to get some rope in order to lower myself across the slab.
    • A large obstacle in the form of a twenty-five foot wall was overcome by an easy ramp-chimney with a chockstone at the top which was bypassed using a foot-jam in a small crack.
 
 

Definition of chockstone in US English:

chockstone

nounˈCHäkˌstōn
Climbing
  • A stone that has become wedged in a vertical cleft.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tiny pebble of a chockstone is completely hidden by the sling looped over it so that it appears you are abseiling on a piece of tape wedged into a vertical crack…
    • A refrigerator-size chockstone is wedged between the walls ten feet downstream from the ledge, giving the space ahead the claustrophobic feel of a short tunnel.
    • I followed and when I arrived at the slung chockstone I yelled for slack to get some rope in order to lower myself across the slab.
    • A large obstacle in the form of a twenty-five foot wall was overcome by an easy ramp-chimney with a chockstone at the top which was bypassed using a foot-jam in a small crack.
    • Climb the rest of the chimney more easily (but with interest) past the chockstones and into the Eeyrie to belay.
 
 
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