Wood-lock, n.
In shipbuilding, a piece of elm, close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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In shipbuilding, a piece of elm, close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.