bottoming

English

Verb

bottoming

1. present participle and gerund of bottom

Noun

bottoming (plural bottomings)

1. The act of something that bottoms (in various senses).
   • 1961, The Shock and Vibration Bulletin (issue 29, part 4, page 159)

     In the course of this investigation, it was learned that the mean number of bottomings per second could be calculated theoretically […]

2. A foundation.
   • 1911, John Ward, The Roman Era in Britain, page 48:

     […] and like that of Birrens, rest upon stone bottomings. The Antonine Wall is of the same construction, only on a larger scale.