putlog

English

noun
Definitions
  • (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.

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Compound from English put + English log.

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English

log

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