clinker-built Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective having overlapping hull planks
lap-strake; clincher-built; lap-straked; lap-streak; lap-streaked.
WordNet
Clink"er-built adjective
Definitions
(Naut.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak .
