单词 | boottop |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : boot-topn. > as lemmasboot-top boot-top v. to subject (a vessel) to ‘boot-topping’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > clean and coat ship's bottom > subject to boot-topping boot-top1724 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates (ed. 2) xi. 211 Here they watered, boot-topp'd their Ship, and made ready for the designed Cruise. 1768 J. Cook Jrnl. 15 Nov. (1893) i. 19 Got all the Empty Casks on shore, and set the Coopers to Work to repair them; Heeld and Boot Topt the Starboard side. 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 829/1 The system is in operation upon the Clyde with great success, boot-topping the fast pleasure-craft plying on the river. < see also as lemmas |
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