Clinker-built

2 definitions found

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

  Clinker-built \Clink"er-built\, a. (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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clinker-built
       adj : (of ships) built with overlapping hull planks [syn: {clincher-built}]
             [ant: {carvel-built}]