chocking
Securing with wedges
Chocking is the act of securing something with wedge-shaped blocks called chocks.
Wheels get chocked to prevent rolling: After parking on the hill, he started chocking the trailer wheels.
Aircraft on carrier decks, vehicles on transport trucks, and boats on trailers all require chocking.
The word also applies to securing cargo or machinery against movement.
Thin piece for leveling
- doorstopKeeps entryways ajar
- wooden wedgeAngled piece of timber
- fulcrumLever's balance point
- insertionPlacing something within
jamming · pry bar · spacing · gap filler · door wedge · keystone
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
- steadyingMaking less shaky
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- balancingAchieving equal distribution
blocking · propping · shoring · immobilizing
Vessel's secured resting place
- anchorageSecure harbor spot
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- fasteningJoining two parts together
- lashingBeating or binding
tethering · clamping · immobilizing · restraining · parking brake · bollard · safety stop
shim
Thin piece for leveling
- doorstopKeeps entryways ajar
- wooden wedgeAngled piece of timber
- fulcrumLever's balance point
insertion · jamming · pry bar · spacing · gap filler · door wedge · keystone
bracing
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
balancing · blocking · propping · shoring · immobilizing
mooring
Vessel's secured resting place
lashing · tethering · clamping · immobilizing · restraining · parking brake · bollard · safety stop
mooring
Vessel's secured resting place
- ground handlingground crew, pushback, marshaller, marshalling, tug
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- stopping methodsbraking, coasting, friction, emergency brake, hand brake
chockingreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · loosening · unfastening · setting free · mobilizing