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Meanings of carvel-built in English

(Of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks.

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        Examples for "clinker-built"
        Examples for "clinker-built"
        1
        A clinker-built motor cruiser that had seen better days sat on blocks.
        Jacinto's Remnant
        2
        Are they clinker-built?-Yes; but I don't suppose they use the same materials.
        Second Shetland Truck System Report
        3
        Are you familiar with the term clinker-built?'
        Strata
        4
        The boat was clinker-built, and where the planks overlapped a slight appearance of dampness was certainly discernible.
        The Slave of the Lamp
        5
        There is only one objection to the clinker-built canoe that occurs to me as at all plausible.
        Woodcraft
        Usage of carvel-built in English
        1
        They are carvel-built-thatis, the planks are placed as in a ship.
        Peter the Whaler
        2
        "This is a carvel-built boat; that is, her planking runs fore and aft," Uncle Ben explained, using gestures to indicate the direction.
        The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton