FUT]                          nautical dictionary.

plank of the ceiling next the keelson, wrought over the lower ends
of the first futtocks.    See Limber-strake,

FUTTOCK-PLATES. Iron plates crossing the sides of the
top rim perpendicularly at the outer end of a vessel's cross-trees.
The dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are fitted to their upper
ends, and ihe futtock-shrouds to their lower ends.

FUTTOCK-RIDERS.    See Riders,

FUTTOCK-SHROUDS (Fr, Gambes). Short shrouds leading
from the lower ends of the futtock-plates to a hoop of iron round
the lower mast, a little below the top. To this hoop shackles are
attached which secure the futtock-shrouds at their lower ends ;
while the upper ends go through the top rim, and have dead-eyes
fixed to them, with lanyards for setting up the topmast rigging.
In some merchant vessels the futtock-shrouds are formed by a
continuation of the topmast rigging coming down through holes in
the top, called futtock-holes. The present mode of fitting the
futtock-shrouds is illustrated in p. 13 of Kipping's Rudimentary
Treatise on Masting,    See Catharpins.

FUTTOCK-STAFF (Fr, Bastet). A short piece of wood or
an iron rod, seized across the upper part of a vessel's rigging, to
keep the rigging fair aloft : it was formerly used to secure the
catharpins.

FUTTOCK-TIMBERS.    The same as Futtocks,

FUZE, or FUZEE, and FUZE-HOLE.    See Fuse,

GAB, and GAB-LEVER. See description of Steam Engine,
Sect. 32.

GABART. A long narrow flat vessel, or lighter, with a
hatchway extending almost the length of her decks, sometimes
fitted with one or two masts, which are made so that they may be
lowered in passing under bridges. Gabarts are used chiefly in
canals and in rivers. Gabart is a local term for a derrick, and
it is also applied to a kind of sheers with three legs set up to assist
in weighing goods at discharging or loading.

GAFF (Fr, Corne). A spar to which the head of a fore-and-
aft sail, such as a boom-mainsail, spanker, spencer, or trysail
is bent. (Plates III. and IV.) There is a main gaff and a fore
gaff in a schooner.

The gaff embraces the mast by two projections at its end, called
cheeks, and it is secured by means of a rope called the jaw-rope,
taken round the mast from cheek to cheek. The gaff for a fore
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