The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dousing-chock
Dousing-chock \Dous"ing-chock`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in
the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Wiktionary
dousing-chock
n. (context shipbuilding archaic English) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads.