Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the short pieces of lumber supporting the floor of a scaffold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In carpentry, one of a number of short pieces of timber used in building to carry the floor of a scaffold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture One of the short pieces of
timber on which theplanks forming the floor of ascaffold are laid, one end resting on theledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration (influenced by log) of obsolete putlock : perhaps put + lock.]
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From put + log.
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Examples
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He could not climb down the scaffolding, for it did not reach to the ground — it was built on joists stuck into putlog holes in the wall.
The Pillars of the Earth FOLLETT, Ken 1989
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The solid oak burst with the blow, and the gun stuck fast, like a builder's putlog.
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The solid oak burst with the blow, and the gun stuck fast, like a builder’s putlog.
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
chained_bear commented on the word putlog
See also putlog hole.
October 11, 2008