Clinker-built Definition

klĭngkər-bĭlt
adjective
Built with the planks of the hull overlapping, as a boat.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • lap-streaked
  • lap-streak
  • lap-strake
  • lap-straked
  • clincher-built
Antonyms:

Origin of Clinker-built

  • From obsolete clinker clinch-nail from Middle English clinken probably variant of clenchen to clench clench

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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