Lexicographical Neighbors of Putlock
Literary usage of Putlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"putlock. The horizontal bearing of a scaffold. Putlog in Hartshorne, and the
Glossary of Architecture; Kersey recognises our spelling, as does Randle Holmes ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"... and there are two rows of what in England would be culled " putlock-holes"
round the building, possibly intended both for defence and ventilation ;—for ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"(1) A term applied to a sheep when it has water on the brain. Sussex. (2) Hot.
Warte. putlock, "I ». Thehorizontal beams PUTLOG, J of a scaffold. ..."
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