'Putlog' definitions:

Definition of 'Putlog'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]