clincher-built

[ klin-cher-bilt ]

/ ˈklɪn tʃərˌbɪlt /

Origin of clincher-built

First recorded in 1760–70

Latterly a clincher-built boat with covered fore-sheets, and one mast with a trysail.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
I made another stroke, and felt my hand pass down the side of an object that I knew at once was a clincher-built boat.

Ned Myers |James Fenimore Cooper
The viking ship (from ninth century on-wards) was clincher-built, caulked with hair, and iron fastened.

Toy-Making in School and Home |Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
A bluff, clincher-built vessel, fitted with a well, to preserve the lobsters alive.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth