Meanings (ES + gloss)
alza • calce • calza • calzo
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
Artificial anchor points are those constructed from equipment carried by the team. These are usually the chocks or pitons placed in cracks or bolts drilled in the rock.
On April 28, 1927, on Dutch Flats, below San Diego, Charles Lindbergh signaled chocks-away to those on the ground below him. A young mechanic named Douglas Corrigan nipped under th…
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
engalgar
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
Alejandro jumped out and set the emergency brake (chocking the left rear wheel with a wood block he kept behind the cabina).
Gondolas with drop or hopper doors not boarded over should have lading cleated and chocked so as to prevent shifting over doors.
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