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From nautical terminology for a ship's rigging or crane rigging in which two blocks are locked together, stopping the line.
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From nautical terminology for a ship's rigging or crane rigging in which two blocks are locked together, stopping the line.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.