futtock noun. ['fʌtǝk] ME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from FOOT noun + HOOK noun or from Middle Low German, but cf. PUTTOCK noun².]
Nautical. Any of the timber pieces forming a ship's frames or ribs.

Comb.:
futtock plate each of the metal plates by which the upper ends of the futtock shrouds are secured to the lower mast-top; futtock shroud each of the small ropes or metal rods supporting the top on a lower mast and running from the futtock plates downwards and inwards towards the lower mast.

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