[fuht-uh
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| any of a number of timbers forming the lower, more curved portion of the frame in a wooden hull. |
| fut·tock (fŭt'ək) 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.] |