Carvelbuilt

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carvelbuilt \Car"vel*built\, a. (Shipbuilding)
     Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping
     as in a clinker-built vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  carvel-built
       adj : (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull
             planks [ant: {clinker-built}]