'Clinker-built' definitions:

Definition of 'clinker-built'

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]

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