putlog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.

Word forms

putlog putlogs putlock

Etymology

From put + log.

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