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  • chocks — tʃɒk n. wedge; metal fitting for towing or mooring v. secure with a wedge or block; compress, make compact adj. full; overflowing; packed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pulling chocks — If you pull chocks, you get ready and leave a place …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pull chocks — tv. to depart. (Chocks are used to block the wheels of a vehicle or a lane.) □ Let’s pull chocks and get out of here …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Friction chocks — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chock (wheel) — For other uses, see Chock (disambiguation). Wheel chocks placed around an aircraft s landing gear …   Wikipedia

  • Ground support equipment — (GSE) is found at an airport, usually on the ramp, the servicing area by the terminal. This equipment is used to service the aircraft between flights. As its name implies, GSE is there to support the operations of aircraft on the ground. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Clean climbing — is a rock climbing term that describes techniques and equipment which climbers use in order to avoid damage to the rock. These techniques date at least in part from the 1920s and earlier in England, but the term itself may have emerged in about… …   Wikipedia

  • Cribbing (rescue) — In vehicle extrication and urban search and rescue, cribbing is the misc. size wood used to stabilize an object, for example so that trapped victims can be safely removed. It is commonly used to stabilize overturned cars, and debris within… …   Wikipedia

  • Box crib — A lightweight box crib. hardwood railway sleepers used as a box crib. North Australian Railway 19 …   Wikipedia

  • Protection (climbing) — To make climbing as safe as possible, most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others. Types of climbingThere are a number of ways to protect a climb, varying according to the type of climbing:Lead climbingLead climbing is …   Wikipedia

  • Nut (climbing) — For other uses, see Nut (disambiguation). A set of nuts and a nut removal tool. In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are… …   Wikipedia

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