lapstrake

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1. lapstrake - Noun

2. lapstrake - Adjective

Meaning

Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Nearly all longships were clinker (also known as lapstrake) built, meaning that each hull plank overlapped the next. Source: Internet

The boat, nicknamed 'Rob Roy' after a famous relative of his, was built of lapstrake oak planking, decked in cedar covered with rubberized canvas with an open cockpit in the center. Source: Internet

It was of lapstrake construction fastened with iron nails. Source: Internet

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