The Collaborative International Dictionary
Putlog \Put"log`\ (?; 277), n. (Arch.)
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.
--Oxf. Gloss.
Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) 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.
Usage examples of "putlog".
He found the scaffolding which surrounded the top of the newest-built pillar on the north side was burning briskly, and Master William was up on it, hacking at the smouldering wood to get it down before the centering of the half-built arch and the putlogs supporting the scaffold could burn through and bring down the voussoirs already in place.
The carpenters were assembling poles and putlogs and hurdles and leather thongs for the scaffolding which would not be needed until the following spring.