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Boottopping
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boottopping'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/boottopping.html. 1828.