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hooden en · ADJ · etymology 1

From hood + -en or a reduced form of hood-end(s).

Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).
- By means of a diver a bad place was found in the after hooden ends, and the vessel was dipped by the head to bring it out of the water. 1872, The London and China Telegraph, page 48:
- But for deep and narrow vessels you must line your hooden-ends wider to get up faster, and consequently the lower ends of the after-hoods will come round, […] 1940, Lauchlan McKay, Richard Cornelius McKay, The Practical Ship-builder, page 62:
- Show by a sketch how the tenons in the body-post of a screw ship should be placed in relation to the rabbet of the hooden ends. Give the reason for so placing them. 1882, Great Britain. Education Department. Department of Science and Art, Examination Papers for Science Schools and Classes, page 21
- Judging by the greatness of the leake, it must have been some Butt or Hoodens end started her lying swadling with her lee Gunnhill in the Sea, & almost ungovernable by her helm, and that it was impossible to keep her up long enough to get ... 1929, Madras (India), Diary and Consultation Book, 1672-1756