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lapstrake

lapstrake noun: a style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

Noun

lapstrake (usually uncountable, plural lapstrakes)

  1. (usually) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
  2. (countable, usually) A boat built in this style.

Adjective

lapstrake (not comparable)

  1. Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
    • The hotel nightlights shine behind the drawn venetian blinds and the slatted patterns on the curbside cars give them the look of anchored smallcraft with lapstrake hulls.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188

Forms of lapstrake

plurallapstrakes

Origin of lapstrake

From lap + strake.

Questions about lapstrake

What does lapstrake mean?
Lapstrake means a style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
What part of speech is lapstrake?
Lapstrake can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of lapstrake?
The plural of lapstrake is lapstrakes.

Words near lapstrake in the dictionary

  1. lapskaus
  2. Lapsley
  3. Lapsleys
  4. lapstone
  5. lapstones
  6. lapstrake
  7. lapstraked
  8. lapstrakes
  9. lapstreak
  10. lapstreaked
  11. lapstreaks

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