Bottome
[bɔtәum]
Examples
- Rush-bottomed arm-chairs faced each other across the tiled hearth, and rows of Delft plates stood on shelves against the walls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Double-bottomed boxes are so well known that it is useless to describe them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- No full-bottomed wig, no red petticoats, no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cane-backed and bottomed chairs and lounges only a few years ago were a luxury of the rich and made slowly by hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These and other machines complete the soles and heels, which are finally sent to the making or bottoming room, where the completed shoe uppers await them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Ozzie