lapstrake

Speech parts

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

Synonyms

overlapping clinker catamaran carvel imbricated clinker-built flat-bottomed carvel-built obvolute obvoluted double-ended monohull jugate clench-built aluminum-hulled
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Phrases with the word

lapstrake construction ribbed lapstrake clenched lapstrake

Anagrams

lapstreak

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

lapskaus Lapsley lapstone lapstrake construction lapstreak lapsus