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Definition: FOOTHOOK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Futtock": 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Foothook" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FOOTHOOK

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Futtock": 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FOOTHOOK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)