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boot-topping

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
boot--top-ping
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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

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.

noun

The paint of the part of the hull that is designed to be underwater.

Inflected Forms

boot-toppings (plural) boot topping (alternative) boottopping (alternative)

Questions

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

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