Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number of sheaves are enclosed in an assembly between cheeks or chocks. In use, a block is fixed to the end of a line, to a spar, or to a surface. A line (rope) is reeved through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at some far end, to make up a tackle.
Chock-A-Block is a BBC children's television programme, created by Michael Cole and Nick Wilson. It was first shown in 1981 and repeated through to 1989 and shown as part of the children's programme cycle See-Saw (the "new" name for the cycle originally known as Watch with Mother ).
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
A unit (US) A BNSF Railway A unit A diesel locomotive (or more rarely an electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab and a control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single position [9]
block A pulley with one or more sheaves or grooves over which a line is roved. It can be used to change the direction of the line, or in pairs used to form a tackle. [2] block, fiddle A block with two sheaves in the same plane, one being smaller than the other, giving the block a somewhat violin appearance. block, snatch
As a noun, this word refers to a piece of bread that's crispy and brown on both sides (due to heat exposure). OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the ...
Chock has children with his ex-wife (fun fact: his 24-year-old daughter signed him up for The Golden Bachelorette), but these days he mostly hangs with his dog "Super Tubbs." To be clear, he doesn ...
A cheap and simple alternative to catch points or a derail is a chock block, which is a piece of timber that can be positioned and locked over one of the rails at the end of a siding to protect the main line from runaways. In order for the siding to be used the chock block must be removed.