hooden

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

hooden

1. (nautical) Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).
   • 1872, The London and China Telegraph, page 48:

     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.

   • 1882, Great Britain. Education Department. Department of Science and Art, Examination Papers for Science Schools and Classes, page 21:

     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.

   • 1929, Madras (India), Diary and Consultation Book, 1672-1756:

     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 ...

   • 1940, Lauchlan McKay, Richard Cornelius McKay, The Practical Ship-builder, page 62:

     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 2

Unclear; see hooden horse, hoodening.

Particle

hooden

1. Only used in hooden horse

Anagrams

• hooned