dutchman

== English == === Etymology === From Dutchman. Attested mainly in the US from the late 19th century. === Pronunciation === === Noun === dutchman (plural dutchmen) (carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired. A flaw or void repaired with such a piece. (theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint. (nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman (“a ghost ship”). ==== Translations ==== === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Dutchman”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. John Russell Bartlett (1884), Dictionary of Americanisms, page 196: “Dutchman. A flaw in a stone or marble slab, filled up by an insertion.”