He said the two rope lines somehow jumped out of the (chalks, chawks, chocks,
chox) through which they passed.
So many choices!
As you know from the dictionary you keep ever at your side, a chock is a
curved metal fitting through which you can pass a rope. Chock derives from the
word for tree trunk. Imagine passing a rope around a tree, so you can pull
something up a hill.
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