Definition of "copper-bottom" [copper-bottom]

• To provide with a copper bottom. (verb-transitive)
• To bind with a cord, tie with a cord. (verb-transitive)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "A huge, black, old-fashioned potbellied stove was in the far corner of what doubled as a kitchen and dining room, and a wooden refrigerator stood beside a stainless-steel sink and counters, near rows of copper-bottom pots, apothecary jars, and mason jars filled with grains."
• "I try to destroy the apparent copper-bottom of my opponent's argument."
• "One is not using nonstick, of course, and going au naturel with aluminum and copper-bottom all the way."