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boot-topping

boot-topping noun: the process of cleaning the upper part of a ship's underwater hull and daubing it with a protecting layer of antifouling substance.

Noun

boot-topping (plural boot-toppings)

  1. The process of cleaning the upper part of a ship's underwater hull and daubing it with a protecting layer of antifouling substance.
  2. Any substance used for boot-topping, especially a mixture of tallow, sulphur or lime and rosin, which was commonly used to paint the bottoms of wooden ships, as a deterrent against weeds and barnacles, and to reduce friction.
  3. The paint of the part of the hull that is designed to be underwater.

Forms of boot-topping

pluralboot-toppings
alternative formboot topping
alternative formboottopping

Questions about boot-topping

What does boot-topping mean?
Boot-topping means the process of cleaning the upper part of a ship's underwater hull and daubing it with a protecting layer of antifouling substance.
What part of speech is boot-topping?
Boot-topping is a noun.
What is the plural of boot-topping?
The plural of boot-topping is boot-toppings.

Words near boot-topping in the dictionary

  1. boot-lickiest
  2. boot-licky
  3. boot-stand
  4. boot-studder
  5. boot-studders
  6. boot-topping
  7. boot-toppings
  8. boot-tree
  9. boot-trees
  10. bootability
  11. bootable

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