- futtock-shrouds
- futtˈock-shrouds plural nounShort pieces of rope or chain securing the futtock-plates to a band round a lower mast• • •Main Entry: ↑futtock
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Futtock shrouds — are rope, wire or chain links in the rigging of a traditional square rigged ship. They run from the outer edges of a top downwards and inwards to a point on the mast or lower shrouds, and carry the load of the shrouds that rise from the edge of… … Wikipedia
Futtock shrouds — Futtock Fu ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futtock shrouds — futtock shrouds, the shrouds, or iron rods, in bigger ships, connecting the lower rigging with the rigging of the tops, set up to an iron band on the lower mast … Useful english dictionary
Futtock shrouds — Shroud Shroud (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS. scr[=u]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[eth] the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf. {Shrood}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futtock shrouds — /ˈfʌtək ʃraʊdz/ (say futuhk shrowdz) plural noun short lengths of iron or steel rods, or wire, extending from the futtock band to the futtock plate and fitted with eyes at either end …
Futtock — Fu ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Futtock plates — Futtock Fu ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futtock plate — n. an iron plate put horizontally around the top of a ship s lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds * * * … Universalium
futtock plate — n. an iron plate put horizontally around the top of a ship s lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds … English World dictionary
futtock plates — futtock plates, iron plates near the top of a lower mast or the top of a topmast, having holes into which the upper ends of the futtock shrouds are hooked … Useful english dictionary
