(Of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks.
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Examples for "clinker-built"
Examples for "clinker-built"
1A clinker-built motor cruiser that had seen better days sat on blocks.
2Are they clinker-built?-Yes; but I don't suppose they use the same materials.
3Are you familiar with the term clinker-built?'
4The boat was clinker-built, and where the planks overlapped a slight appearance of dampness was certainly discernible.
5There is only one objection to the clinker-built canoe that occurs to me as at all plausible.
1They are carvel-built-thatis, the planks are placed as in a ship.
2"This is a carvel-built boat; that is, her planking runs fore and aft," Uncle Ben explained, using gestures to indicate the direction.