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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUT'TOCK, n. It is more probably corrupted from foot-lock.]
In a ship, the futtocks are the middle timbers, between the floor and the upper timbers, or the timbers raised over the keel which form the breadth of the ship.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English votek, futtek, perhaps modification of Middle Dutch voetkijn, diminutive of voet foot Date: 13th century one of the curved timbers scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a ship

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. each of the middle timbers of a ship's frame, between the floor and the top timbers. Etymology: ME votekes etc. pl. f. MLG f. fot FOOT + - ken -KIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Futtock Fu"ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are secured. Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging with the lower mast. --Totten.