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Definition of Flat-bottom
1. Adjective. Having a flat bottom. "A flat-bottomed boat"
Definition of Flat-bottom
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of flat-bottomed) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flat-bottom
Literary usage of Flat-bottom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... the one might be looked on only as the entrance to the other, which cut in
with a flat bottom, an inch and a half deep ; and the granite has ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... There are one hundred flat bottom boats building with all expedition in the
different parts of Rhode Island. The other day two or three scows with ..."
3. The Potters' Quarter: The Pottery by Agnes Newhall Stillwell, Jack Leonard Benson (1984)
"2107 has a flat bottom and a conical top. The Circular South Shrine ... 2111 is
a rather ungainly vase with a hemispherical shape, flat bottom and an ..."
4. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"65 4.75 Flat bottom crucibles, No. 5, for 40 Ibs. thermit 96 7.00 .Tongs for flat
bottom crucible. No. 3 17(4 250 Tongs for flat bottom crucible. No. 2 6 '. ..."
5. Mechanics Magazine (1824)
"A sufficient quantity of pure water is put into the boiler to cover its flat
bottom, and fill up about one-third of the depth of the boiler, ..."
6. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1900)
"The height from the crown to the bottom of the ash-pit was 38 inches, and its
vertical sides were joined to the flat bottom of the latter by quadrantal ..."
7. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"These ships are not built for the open sea: they have a flat bottom. no keel.
and no high prow for breaking the waves. The hold of this unfavourably ..."
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