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carvel-built

carvel-built adjective: of a wooden vessel: having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish.

carvel-built: of a wooden vessel: having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish
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Adjective

carvel-built (not comparable)

  1. Of a wooden vessel: having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish.
    Synonyms:
    carvel-planked

Synonyms of carvel-built

Questions about carvel-built

What does carvel-built mean?
Carvel-built means of a wooden vessel: having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish.
What part of speech is carvel-built?
Carvel-built is an adjective.

Words near carvel-built in the dictionary

  1. carved up
  2. carvedilol
  3. carvedst
  4. carvel
  5. Carvel Rock
  6. carvel-built
  7. carvel-planked
  8. carvelbuilt
  9. Carvell
  10. Carvells
  11. carvels

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