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Meaning of CLINKER-BUILT

Pronunciation:  'klingkur bilt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of ships) built with overlapping hull planks
 
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 Synonyms: clincher-built, lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, overlapping
 
 Antonyms: carvel-built
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 

 

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