Boottopping

Boot´top`ping


n.1.(Naut.) 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.(Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.