double-bottom

[ duhb-uhl-bot-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Sometimes the double bottom is hidden in the cover, and at others it rests against one of the sides.

It will be said that we have here to do with a double bottom.

Mrs. van Warmelo says the instructions were dispatched in a false double-bottom of an ordinary safety match-box.

Each vessel must have a double bottom, the false one being perforated with conical holes, and placed a few inches above the true.

The thermometer is placed in a small wooden case having a double bottom throughout its length.

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