clinker-built

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having overlapping hull planksSynonyms: clincher-builtlap-strakelap-strakedlap-streaklap-streaked
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Clinker-built \Clink"er-built\, a. (Naut.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak. [1913 Webster]
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