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carvel-built

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car·vel-built  (kärvl-blt, -vl-)
adj. Nautical
Built with the hull planks lying flush or edge to edge rather than overlapping: a carvel-built ship.

carvel-built
adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams Compare clinker-built
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Adj.1.carvel-built - (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight


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