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fut·tock (fut′ək)

noun

any of the curved timbers that make up a rib of a wooden ship

Etymology: ME futtek, fottek < ? *fot-hok, foot hook

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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