boottopping

boottopping has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.