clinker-built
[ kling-ker-bilt ]
/ ˈklɪŋ kərˌbɪlt /
adjective
faced or surfaced with boards, plates, etc., each course of which overlaps the one below, lapstrake.
Also clincher-built. Shipbuilding.
noting a hull whose shell is formed of planking (clinker planking) or plating (clinker plating) in which each strake overlaps the next one below and is overlapped by the next one above.
Compare
carvel-built.
Words nearby clinker-built
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clinid,
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clino-,
clinocephaly,
clinodactyly
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British Dictionary definitions for clinker-built
clinker-built
clincher-built
adjective
(of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
Also called: lapstrake Compare carvel-built
Word Origin for clinker-built
C18
clinker a nailing together, probably from
clinch