Formerly used; extending from the weather-futtock staves to the opposite lee-channels.
The crypt at St. Paul's. See Jesus' Chapel, Steeple. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The lower and upper standing-rigging. They are always divided into pairs or couples; that is to say,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
That which stretches the foot of the fore-sail in many small square-rigged merchantmen; particularly...
Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...
See shrouds. ...
, or foot-hook shrouds. Are short pieces of rope or chain which secure the lower dead-eyes and fut...
Synonymous with futtock; a word in use, but not warranted. ...
See futtock-shrouds ...