wood-endn.
/ˈwʊdɛnd/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌɛnd/ Shipbuilding.
= hood-end n. at hood n.1 Compounds 2. Cf. whooding, hooding n. 3.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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wood-end
wood-end n. (see end n. 2).
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1583 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. III. 592 Hir duelling houss in the Wodend callit Daveschaw.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 331 Lands in Wixstowe at the woodend of Hill.
1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 69 The wood-end rang with the clear voice crying.
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