Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word chockpin.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
chained_bear commented on the word chockpin
"...boatsteerers wore chockpins (small oak pins used to keep the harpoon line in the bow groove of a whaleboat) on their lapels."
--Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 13
May 1, 2008