One who chocks; a variant or dialectal form of 'chocker,' referring to a worker who places chocks.
From 'chock' + the agent suffix '-ler,' a less common variant of the '-er' suffix. This dialectal or regional variant appears in some English-speaking maritime communities.
Maritime English developed multiple synonyms for the same job—'chocker,' 'chockler,' 'chock-man'—because different ports and regions had their own traditions of naming trades.
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