noun.
In lumbering, a noose of wire rope by which a log is dragged.
noun.
One who or that which chokes; that which induces a feeling of strangulation; something difficult to swallow.
noun.
That which puts another to silence; that which cannot be answered.
noun.
A neckcloth: as, “a white choker,”
noun.
In milit. engin., a chain with wooden staves attached to the ends, employed to compress and measure the circumference of fascines.