α. 1600s– putlock Brit. /ˈpʊtlɒk/, U.S. /ˈpʊtˌlɑk/.
β. 1600s– putlog.
单词 | putlog |
释义 | putlogn.α. 1600s– putlock Brit. /ˈpʊtlɒk/, U.S. /ˈpʊtˌlɑk/. β. 1600s– putlog. Building. Each of a series of poles or beams projecting horizontally from a wall to provide the support for a scaffolding platform.The putlogs are typically inserted into holes in the wall, their other ends being secured to a ledger (ledger n. 2a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun] > part of > pole > horizontal ligger1500 overligger1511 overlier1554 ledger1571 putlog1645 α. β. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 14 Commonly they make use of some [boards], which are not above one Inch thick, which are sometimes subject to break, especially when the Putlogs lye far asunder from one another.1755 W. Salmon Palladio Londinensis in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 298 The Putlogs, are those pieces which lie horizontal to the Building, one end resting upon the Ledgers.1862 E. Falkener Ephesus iv. 85 The walls are for the most part disfigured by small square holes (like those left by putlogs).1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 89 Scaffold poles, putlogs, and boards are rented..most largely to builders.1944 J. H. Bennetts in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder i. 26/2 Stone-faced construction does not lend itself to supporting putlogs directly onto the wall.2000 R. T. Ratay Forensic Struct. Engin. Handbk. xvii. 63 A platform using steel putlogs spanning between the towers.1645 Docum. St. Paul's (Camden) 143 Putlocks for scaffolding 3763. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. at Pinus The Trees..will make good Putlocks for the Bricklayers, and serve for Scaffolding Poles. 1866 Standard 12 June 7/2 The putlock..came away, and a bricklayer..was precipitated from a considerable height to the ground. 1910 R. Kipling Rewards & Fairies 70 I was at Torrigiano's feet on a pile of put-locks. 1996 S. Deane Reading in Dark (1997) i. 14 There was scaffold oil on his socks. He must have been dipping putlocks in oil. Compounds putlog hole n. a small hole left in the brickwork or stonework of a wall in order to hold a putlog. ΚΠ 1758 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 202 Putlock-holes for the scaffolding. 1878 R. B. MacVittie Details Restoration Christ Church Cathedral Dublin 61 Small holes were found running through the wall at different heights, resembling putlock holes. 1932 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 22 122 Superficial putlog holes are not common in Romano-British walls, but they may been seen in the outer face of the town-wall at Caerwent. 2003 Oxoniensia 67 373 There are blocked windows and putlog holes but they have to be searched for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). putlogv. rare. transitive. To insert (a pole or beam) as a putlog. ΚΠ 1908 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 7 483/1 A beam putlogged into the north and south walls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645v.1908 |
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