The top of the block where the eye or hook is fitted is called the crown; the bottom of the block is the arse or tail; the sides of the shell are the cheeks, and the groove made in the cheeks of some blocks to take the strop is called the score; the opening between the sheave and shell through which the rope passes is the swallow; and the eye sometimes fitted at the tail is the becket.
Umphezulu webloko apho intunja okanye uhakisho lwenziwayo lubizwa isithsaba umzantsi webloko yi-asi okanye umsila, amacala eqokobhe enziwa adibane nezinye ibloko ithathe ithwathwa ibizwa njengomkrwelo uvulo phakathi kweqokobhe apho intambo idlula iginyeke, nentunja ngamanye amaxesha iyangena kumsila yibhekethi