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boottopping - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'boottopping' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Boottopping [ n.]
- 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.
- Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.