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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLINKER-BUILT

CLINKER-BUILT Clink "er-built, a. (Naut. )

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

clinker-built

clink er-built ▶adjective (of a boat ) having external planks secured with clinched nails such that the bottom edge of an upper plank overlaps the upper edge of a lower plank. Compare with carvel-built. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: clinker from clink (northern English variant of clinch ).

Oxford Dictionary

clinker-built

clinker-built |klɪŋkəˈbɪlt | ▶adjective (of a boat ) having external planks which overlap downwards and are secured with clinched nails. Compare with carvel-built. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: clinker from clink (northern English variant of clinch ).