chocks

1. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
2. Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.

1. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
2. To fill up, as a cavity.
3. To insert a line in a chock.

noun

An encounter.

verb

To encounter.

verb

To make a dull sound.