2. Adjective. (nautical) (''of the hull of a wooden ship'') sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed ¹
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Definition of Coppered
1. copper [v] - See also: copper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coppered
Literary usage of Coppered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"That, in ascertaining whether the vessel was coppered, it was for the jury to
determine, what constitutes a "coppered ship ;" and if the jury should find, ..."
2. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"Special attention must be paid to the thorough washing of the coppered objects
... This formation of stains appears most frequently upon coppered (as ell as ..."
3. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1896)
"... the whole of the injurious action of coppered peas rests entirely on theory,
and in no single instance (although the consumption of coppered peas has ..."
4. Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham: Admiral of the Red Squadron by Charles Middleton Barham, John Knox Laughton (1907)
"Magnanime : 74 guns, not coppered ; main and mizen masts and bowsprit fished,
... Bourgogne : 74 guns, not coppered ; all the lower masts and bowsprits ..."
5. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"coppered Sulphur In this product the copper sulphate is determined by repeatedly
agitating 10 grams with 200-250 cc of hot, acidified water, filtering, ..."
6. Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent by Edward Pelham Brenton (1838)
"... the first coppered frigate—She is nearly lost at Marseilles—Is appointed to
the Foudroyant — Is in Lord Keppel's Action — Observations on that affair. ..."
7. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories by Kathleen Thompson Norris (1913)
"But he had a little manner of discreetly compressing his lips, when the second Mrs.
coppered was mentioned, eying his irreproachable boots, and raising his ..."
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