Etymology

[bugbear]

Even that font of all knowledge on the English Language - the Oxford English Dictionary - doesn't mention this sense of the noun "frog", let alone it's etymology.

Even the OED can't/doesn't track the jargon of all the trades. Too much work. c.f. "tote".

BugBear

 

[Tom K]

My latest stab in the dark goes hoof-frog looks like bayonet-frog = knife carrier but I could be wrong (homer)

 

[GazPal]

My latest stab in the dark goes hoof-frog looks like bayonet-frog = knife carrier but I could be wrong (homer)

Frogs are all too often overlooked when considering their utility as a descriptive outline.

 

[Nick Gibbs]

Thomas Corkhill's Glossary of Wood describes a frog as: 'A heavy timber at the mouth of a slide to control the direction of discharge of a log.' I presume this is a forestry term, but not sure if it might or might not be connected to planes.

Nick