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clinkerwise

clinkerwise adverb: in the clinker or lapstrake fashion.

Adverb

clinkerwise (not comparable)

  1. In the clinker or lapstrake fashion.
    • planks laid clinkerwise

Origin of clinkerwise

From clinker + -wise.

Questions about clinkerwise

What does clinkerwise mean?
Clinkerwise means in the clinker or lapstrake fashion.
What part of speech is clinkerwise?
Clinkerwise is an adverb.

Words near clinkerwise in the dictionary

  1. clinkered
  2. clinkerer
  3. clinkerers
  4. clinkering
  5. clinkers
  6. clinkerwise
  7. clinkery
  8. clinketh
  9. clinkety
  10. clinkier
  11. clinkiest

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