futtock shroud

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.

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futtock shroud British  

noun

1. nautical any of several metal rods serving as a brace between the futtock plate on a lower mast and the topmast

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Etymology

Origin of futtock shroud

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

For a brief space his body hung suspended on the inside of the futtock shrouds, then it slowly over-balanced and crashed with a heavy thud across a gun carriage on the deck below.

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If I had been born you, I'd have been as happy as a dead bird swabbing the main deck and shinning up the futtock shrouds and hauling in the tops'ls.

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Jones once shouted to him as he clambered over the futtock shrouds.

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D’ye hear what I say?” as Leslie grasped the futtock shrouds and lightly drew himself over the rim of the top.

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One is by going along some ropes, called the futtock shrouds, when one hangs very much as a fly does crawling along the ceiling.

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