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clinkerbuilt

clinkerbuilt is the alternative form of clinker-built.

Meaning of clinker-built

Adjective

clinker-built (not comparable)

  1. Of a boat or ship: where the hull planks overlap each other edge-to-edge, similar to shingles on a roof, and are secured by clenched nails or rivets for a strong, watertight seal.
    • The British portion of the expedition were ordered to leave Kingston, in Canada West, as early in the year as possible, in a beautiful clinker-built boat for Toronto.1850, John J[eremiah] Bigsby, “Excursion the Seventh. Part I. Lakes Ontario and Simcoe, etc.”, in The Shoe and Canoe or Pictures of Travel in the Canadas. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall...

Questions about clinkerbuilt

What is clinkerbuilt the alternative form of?
Clinkerbuilt is the alternative form of clinker-built.

Words near clinkerbuilt in the dictionary

  1. clinker
  2. clinker block
  3. clinker blocks
  4. clinker-built
  5. clinker-work
  6. clinkerbuilt
  7. clinkered
  8. clinkerer
  9. clinkerers
  10. clinkering
  11. clinkers

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