futtock
/ˈfʌtək
/noun
Each of the middle timbers of a ship’s frame, between the floor and the top timbers.They included keels, floor frames, futtocks and stem posts, representing parts of a clinker-built boat up to 8m long with a beam of some 2.5m, which was possibly used for coastal fishing....
- The remaining futtocks are not attached to floors, but simply treenailed to the hull planking.
- The futtocks are the parts of a wooden hull's frame, or rib; our weekend assignment is to make two frames.
Origin
Middle English: perhaps from Middle Low German, or from foot + hook.
Rhymes
- Michaelmas
- Michaelmas daisy
- Michaelmas day
- Michaelmas eve
- Michaelmas head court
- Michaelmas summer
- Michaelmas term
- michaelsonite
- Michael, St
- michelada
- Michelangelesque
- Michelangelo
- Michelin
- Michelin man
- Michelin star
- Michelin-starred
- Michelin tire man
- Michelin tyre man
- Michelozzo
- Michelsberg
- Michelson, Albert Abraham
- Michelson experiment
- Michelson interferometer
- Michelson's experiment
- Michelson's interferometer