Definition of Futock
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) any of the curved timbers that form the ribs of a ship.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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