Putlog Definition

po͝otlôg, -lŏg, pŭt-
noun
In masonry construction, any of the horizontal, wood or metal pieces which support the floor planks of a scaffold and which are themselves supported at one end in holes left temporarily in a wall under construction.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Putlog

Noun

Singular:
putlog
Plural:
putlogs

Origin of Putlog

  • Alteration (influenced by log) of obsolete putlock perhaps put lock

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From put +"Ž log.

    From Wiktionary

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