futtock

American  

[fuht-uhk] / ˈfʌt ək /

noun

Nautical.

1. any of a number of timbers forming the lower, more curved portion of the frame in a wooden hull.

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futtock British  

/ ˈfʌtək /

noun

1. nautical one of the ribs in the frame of a wooden vessel

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Etymology

Origin of futtock

First recorded in 1605–15; perhaps alteration of foothook

Example Sentences

Greenhorns generally scramble through those instead of going over the futtock shrouds.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Timbers in the cant-bodies, reaching from the dead-wood to the head of the second futtock, and forming a floor.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

“You must climb out by the futtock shrouds, as every proper sailor does.”

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

Then I was in the futtock rigging, and a moment afterwards, standing in the top, beside the Old Man.

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

He fell from the starboard futtock shrouds, and, not knowing how to swim, and being heavily dressed, with all those things round his neck, he probably sank immediately.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry