clinker-built

clink·er-built

(klĭng′kər-bĭlt′)

adj.

Built with overlapping planks or boards, as a ship.

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[From obsolete clinker, clinch-nail, from Middle English clinken, probably variant of clenchen, to clench; see clench.]

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clinker-built

or

clincher-built

adj

(Nautical Terms) (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below. Also called: lapstrake Compare carvel-built

[C18 clinker a nailing together, probably from clinch]

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clink′er-built`

adj.

having a hull with a shell formed with overlapping strakes.

[1760–70; clinker (variant of clincher) + built]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

clinker-built - having overlapping hull planks clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight carvel-built - (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks

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Translations

clinker-built

[ˈklɪŋkəˌbɪlt] ADJ (Naut) → de tingladillo

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clinker-built

adj (Naut) → klinkergebaut

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