copperfasten (English, verb)
expansion: copperfasten (third-person singular simple present copperfastens, present participle copperfastening, simple past and past participle copperfastened)
Senses:
glosses: To protect the timbers of (a ship) with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
tags: historical
transitive
glosses: To reinforce, strengthen; to make permanent, embed.
tags: British
Ireland
figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: copperfastens
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: copperfastening
tags: participle
present
form: copperfastened
tags: participle
past
form: copperfastened
tags: past
form: copper fasten
tags: alternative
form: copper-fasten
tags: alternative