'Clinker-built' definitions:

Definition of 'clinker-built'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built, clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap- streak, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built]

Definition of 'Clinker-built'

From: 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]