putlog

put·log

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

Origin of putlog

altered (? influenced, influence by log) from earlier putlock from uncertain or unknown; perhaps put + lock

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putlog

noun

One of the short pieces of lumber supporting the floor of a scaffold.

Origin of putlog

Alteration (influenced by log ¹) of obsolete putlock perhaps put lock ¹

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Noun

(plural putlogs)

(architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.

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From put +"Ž log.

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