clinker-built

Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

clinker built

Synonyms

clincher-built lap-straked lap-streaked lap-strake lap-streak overlapping lapstrake carvel-built lap-jointed clench-built overlapping planks plank-on-batten plank-on-bulkhead double-planked double-planked construction
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Antonyms

carvel-built

Close letter words and terms

clinker block clinker brick clinker coating clinker-work clinkerbuilt clinkerer