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putlog, putlock, n.|ˈpʌtlɒg, -lɒk|
[The form putlock appears to have been the earlier; derivation obscure; ? from put, pa. pple. of put v.1]
One of the short horizontal timbers of a scaffolding, on which the scaffold-boards rest; one end is inserted at right angles in a hole left in the wall for that purpose (putlog-hole), the other being supported by the ledger.
α1645Docum. St. Paul's (Camden) 143, Putlocks for scaffolding 3763. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 262/1 Putlocks, pieces of Spar put into the Sides of the Wall to lay Boards on for the Bricklayer to stand and work up high Walls. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Putlogs, or Putlocks, in building. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 591 Putlogs or Putlocks; in scaffolding, the transverse pieces, at right angles to the wall. 1866Standard 12 June 7/2 The putlock..came away, and a bricklayer..was precipitated from a considerable height to the ground.
β1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 251 Putlogs..pieces of Timber, or short Poles, about 7 Foot long. 1862E. Falkener Ephesus iv. 85 The walls are for the most part disfigured by small square holes (like those left by putlogs). 1901J. Black's Carp. & Build., Scaffold. 89 Scaffold poles, putlogs, and boards are rented..most largely to builders.
b. Comb. putlog-, putlock-hole, one of a series of small square holes left in the brickwork or stonework of a wall to receive the ends of the putlogs.
1757Smeaton in Phil. Trans. I. 202 Putlock-holes for the scaffolding. 1878McVittie Christ Ch. Cathedral 61 Small holes were found running through the wall at different heights, resembling putlock holes.
Hence ˈputlog v. trans., to insert in the manner of a putlog.
1908N. & Q. 10th Ser. VII. 483/1 A beam putlogged into the north and south walls. |