ALL meanings of clinker-built
clink·er-built
C c - adjective clinker-built (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below 3
- adjective clinker-built built with the planks of the hull overlapping, as a boat 3
- adjective clinker-built faced or surfaced with boards, plates, etc., each course of which overlaps the one below, lapstrake. 1
- adjective clinker-built Also, clincher-built. Shipbuilding. noting a hull whose shell is formed of planking (clinker planking) or plating (clinker plating) in which each strake overlaps the next one below and is overlapped by the next one above. 1
- adjective clinker-built (shipbuilding, of a boat or ship) Constructed using planks or plates of the hull laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it. 0