Futtock

[fʌtәk]

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Robinson

Definition

n. one of the separate pieces of timber composing the frame of a ship.—ns. pl. Futt′ock-plates iron plates with dead-eyes crossing the sides of the top-rim perpendicularly; Futt′ock-shrouds short pieces of rope or chain which secure the lower dead-eyes and futtock-plates of topmast rigging to a band round a lower mast.

Typed by Ann