Futtock - 3 dictionary results
fut⋅tock
[fuht-uh
k] 
–noun Nautical.
| any of a number of timbers forming the lower, more curved portion of the frame in a wooden hull. |
Origin:
1605–15; perh. alter. of foothook
1605–15; perh. alter. of foothook
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| fut·tock
(fŭt'ək) Pronunciation Key
n. One of the curved timbers that forms a rib in the frame of a ship. [Middle English fottek, perhaps alteration of fothok : fot, foot; see foot + hok, hook; see hook.] |
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Futtock
Fu"ttock\, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured. Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast. --Totten.
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