Boot-topping
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boot-topping is a noun meaning (nautical) The paint of the part of the hull that is designed to be underwater.
Meaning
(nautical) The paint of the part of the hull that is designed to be underwater.
More Meanings
- (nautical) The process of cleaning the upper part of a ship's underwater hull and daubing it with a protecting layer of antifouling substance.
- (nautical) 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.
Word Forms
- boot-toppings
- boottopping
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boottopping, graving, bootstripe, berthing, boot, egg-crating.
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