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Meanings of
clinker-built
in английском
Having overlapping hull planks.
clincher-built
carvel-built
Related terms
overlapping
lap-jointed
lap-strake
lap-straked
lap-streak
lap-streaked
Synonyms
Examples for "
clincher-built
"
clincher-built
Examples for "
clincher-built
"
1
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.
Usage of
clinker-built
in английском
1
A
clinker
-
built
motor cruiser that had seen better days sat on blocks.
2
Are they
clinker-built
?
-
Yes
;
but I don't suppose they use the same materials.
3
Are you familiar with the term clinker-built?'
4
The boat was
clinker
-
built
,
and where the planks overlapped a slight appearance of dampness was certainly discernible.
5
There is only one objection to the
clinker
-
built
canoe that occurs to me as at all plausible.
6
It was
clinker
-
built
with thick overlapping planks of wood, slathered in dark pitch, to keep it watertight.
7
And now I will give my reasons for preferring the
clinker
-
built
cedar boat, or canoe, to any other.
8
It was a lovely summer morning as the broad,
clinker
-
built
boat, rowed by four oarsmen, made its way northward.
9
It carries 18 oarsmen and was constructed using techniques that have changed little since the
clinker
-
built
longboats of the Viking age.
10
Four men were on the 28ft
clinker
-
built
open vessel when it was swamped by waves near Portballintrae on the North Antrim coast.
11
The 24-foot
clinker
-
built
yawl slid off a tractor and trailer into the sea on Féile Naomh Caomhán, the festival of its patron saint.
12
Boats in general are clinker-built-thatis, the planks overlap each other; but as they are difficult to repair, the other simpler method is employed.
13
Clinker
-
built
craft, especially new ones, opened out very quickly if left high and dry.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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