Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hooden

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hood-en
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).

particle

Only used in hooden horse

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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 ..."
"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, […]"

Etymology

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

Questions

What does hooden mean?: Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).
Where does hooden come from?: From hood + -en or a reduced form of hood-end(s).

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