Definition of Bottomer

1. Noun. A person who makes the seat part of a wooden chair (ie. where the sitter's bottom will go). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bottomer

1. one that bottoms [n -S] - See also: bottoms

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottomer

bottom of the line
bottom of the ninth
bottom of the table
bottom order
bottom out
bottom quark
bottom quarks
bottom rot
bottom rot fungus
bottom round
bottom sheet
bottom the house
bottome
bottomed
bottomedness
bottomer (current term)
bottomers
bottomfeeder
bottomfeeders
bottomfeeding
bottoming
bottoming cycle
bottomland
bottomlands
bottomless
bottomless pit
bottomless pits
bottomlessly
bottomlessness
bottommost

Literary usage of Bottomer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1878)
"It so happened that in this case the contractor acted as bottomer, and thus was paid wages as such by the Company, who had agreed to allow him so much for ..."

2. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by John Hoyland (1816)
"Solomon Jones, do. 7 do. 4 do. 2 do. {Men and Women, 22 52 Children. Chair-bottomer, Bolton-street. Knife-grinder, Paddington. Chair-bottomer, New-street. ..."

3. The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland by Scotland Sheriff Courts (1885)
"His Lordship remarked that the probability was that the accident would not have occurred had there been a bottomer, and that the mistake would have been ..."

4. Transactions by Mining Institute of Scotland, Tuberculosis Society of Scotland (1881)
"cage goes up instead of down, or vice versa, the bottomer "can stop it instantly and reverse its motion by using the signal lever without disturbing the ..."

5. Meliora (1865)
"The heald is made by forming lower or upper lines of loops on the single lines that have been already made independently by the bottomer or topper. ..."

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