meaning of boottopping

1. The act or process of daubing a vessels 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.
2.
Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.


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