any of the curved timbers that make up a rib of a wooden ship
Origin of futtock
Middle English futtek, fottek from uncertain or unknown; perhaps an unverified form fot-hok, foot hookfuttock
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futtock
noun
One of the curved timbers that forms a rib in the frame of a ship.
Origin of futtock
Middle English fottek perhaps alteration of fothok fot foot ; see foot . hok hook ; see hook .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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