two-blocked

adj

Etymology

From nautical terminology for a ship's rigging or crane rigging in which two blocks are locked together, stopping the line.

Definitions

  1. Obstructed from proceeding.

    • We're not making progress because we're two-blocked by the crane that has the road shut down.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for two-blocked. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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