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Clinker-built

Clinker-built Meaning & Definition
Clinker-built Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clinker-built?

[adj] (of ships) built with overlapping hull planks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clinker-built: clincher-built | lap-jointed | lap-strake | lap-straked | lap-streak | lap-streaked | overlapping

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Clinker-built In Webster's Dictionary

\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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