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Definition: DOUSING-CHOCK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dousing-chock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DOUSING-CHOCK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DOUSING-CHOCK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)