Example sentences from the Web for copper-bottomed

His copper-bottomed ships came up with and captured six of the enemy, five of which were English prizes.
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783|A. T. Mahan
He'd find evidence of lung trouble in a copper-bottomed boiler if it wheezed letting off steam.
Facts And Fictions Of Life|Helen H. Gardener
It's real, copper-bottomed English; you see it on all the old-time wayside hostelries over there.
The Wrecker|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

copper-bottomed

adjective

reliable, esp financially reliable

Word Origin for copper-bottomed

from the former practice of coating the bottoms of ships with copper to prevent the timbers rotting

Words nearby copper-bottomed

copper arsenite, copperas, Copperas Cove, copper beech, Copper Belt, copper-bottomed, copper-fasten, copperhead, Copperheadism, copper hydroxide, copper iris

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	copper-bottomed
释义	Example sentences from the Web for copper-bottomed His copper-bottomed ships came up with and captured six of the enemy, five of which were English prizes. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783\|A. T. Mahan He'd find evidence of lung trouble in a copper-bottomed boiler if it wheezed letting off steam. Facts And Fictions Of Life\|Helen H. Gardener It's real, copper-bottomed English; you see it on all the old-time wayside hostelries over there. The Wrecker\|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne copper-bottomed adjective reliable, esp financially reliable Word Origin for copper-bottomed from the former practice of coating the bottoms of ships with copper to prevent the timbers rotting Words nearby copper-bottomed copper arsenite, copperas, Copperas Cove, copper beech, Copper Belt, copper-bottomed, copper-fasten, copperhead, Copperheadism, copper hydroxide, copper iris Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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