Meaning chock-a-block
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chock-a-blocknautical, said of two blocks of tackle run so closely they touch; from chock + block (n.) in the nautical sense "a pulley together with its framework."
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chock-a-block(adv) as completely as possible
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chock-a-block1. Rigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened. 2. Describing something that is full up.
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chock-a-blockMeaning something is filled to capacity or over loaded. If two blocks of rigging tackle were so hard together they couldn't be tightened further, it was said they were "Chock-a-Block".
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chock-a-block When the sails were pulled in tight so that the boat could sail as close to the wind as possible, the blocks (pulleys) would be pulled "hard-up" or in as tight or close together as possible [..]
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chock-a-blockRigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened.
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chock-a-blockMeaning something is filled to capacity or over loaded. If two blocks of rigging tackle were so hard together they couldn't be tightened further, it was said they were "Chock-a-Block& [..]
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chock-a-blockRigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened.
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chock-a-blockSee TWO BLOCKED.
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chock-a-blockrigging blocks that are so tight against one another that they cannot be further tightened Sometimes called Two-Blocked
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chock-a-blockWhen a line is pulled as tight as is can go, as when two blocks are pulled together so that no further movement is possible (also known as "Two blocked").
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