flat bottomed
See also: flatbottomed and flat-bottomed
English
Adjective
flat bottomed (comparative more flat bottomed, superlative most flat bottomed)
- Alternative spelling of flat-bottomed
- 1609, Edward Grimeston, A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, A. Islip and G. Eld., page 567:
- The Commanders were alſo aduertiſed that the Spaniards had many flat bottomed boats like vnto theirs….
- 1900, W. M. Webb, “Sterilisers”, in The Agricultural Journal, volume II, page 648:
- Two iron structures are fitted alternately into the machine; they resemble the ordinary scalding copper, but are flat bottomed and perforated to admit steam.
- 2001, Jack Lewin, Hydraulic Gates and Valves, 2nd edition, Thomas Telford Publishing, →ISBN, page 189:
- The vortex trail will spring from the upstream edge of a flat bottomed gate, causing pressure pulsations at the bottom of the gate.
- 1609, Edward Grimeston, A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, A. Islip and G. Eld., page 567:
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