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Definition of Putlog
1. n. 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.
Definition of Putlog
1. Noun. (architecture) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putlog
1. a horizontal supporting timber [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putlog
Literary usage of Putlog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... putlog, f to be put io a Hole in Building of Scaffolds. PUTREFACTION, Corruption
... putlog ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1885)
"If the jury find that the putlog was defective, and that this defect alone caused
the accident, and further find that this particular putlog was selected at ..."
3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1885)
"If the jury find that the putlog was defective, and that this defect alone caused
the accident, and further find that this particular putlog was selected at ..."
4. A Treatise on Safety Engineering as Applied to Scaffolds by Travelers Insurance Companies (1915)
"A SPECIAL putlog FOR USE ON WALLS WITH WIDELY- SPACED BRICKS. pieces is straight
and lies along the bottom of the putlog, while the other is bent at right ..."
5. A Treatise on Safety Engineering as Applied to Scaffolds by Travelers Insurance Companies (1915)
"The notch should be cut from the upper side of the putlog, so that the projection
that enters the hole in the wall is on the lower side. ..."
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