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Definition of Futtock plates

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. Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured. Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast. --Totten.

Meaning of Futtock plates from wikipedia

- crosstrees) and their loads are carried into the mast slightly further down by ****tock shrouds. Contrast with forestay and backstay. Chainplate The Free Dictionary...
- a single piece of wood, the ribs are made of multiple sections called ****tocks that are scarfed together. The ancient writers Polybius and Plato held...
- pieces termed first ****tock, second ****tock and third ****tock, numbered moving away from the keel. See also floating ****tock gabbart The typical Scottish sailing...
- There were no chain plates. The lower part of the side stay consisted of ropes looped under the end of a knee of upper ****tock which had a hole underneath...
- The ****tocks (side-frames) were dovetailed onto the end of each floor and every other joint was strengthened with an iron angle plate. The ****tocks were...
- (independent of the frames, with treenails inserted from inside the hull). ****tocks were inserted last and a second skin of thinner planks of fir was ****ed...
- third ****tocks until deck level was reached. Mary Rose does not have the characteristic dove-tailed mortises seen joining the floors and first ****tocks in...
- planking. Ribs differ from frames or ****tocks in being far smaller dimensions and bent in place compared to frames or ****tocks, which are normally sawn to shape...
- The ****tocks (side-frames) were dovetailed onto the end of each floor, and every other joint was strengthened with an iron angle plate. The ****tocks were...