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| Noun | 1. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.[Websters] 2. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Boottopping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.[Websters]
2. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BOOTTOPPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
