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clinker-built

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clinker-built, clincher-built
(of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below


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What is the difference between a carvel-built and a clinker-built boat?
Quiz of the Day by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The ship's clinker-built structure also strengthened the hypothesis that the vessel found in the Luro archipelago, in the middle of Lake Vanern, dates from the Viking era.
'Viking ship' discovered in Sweden's largest lake by Asian News International
He'd owned the 30ft clinker-built former lifeboat for just a few months before it hit rock bottom near Blyth ferry landing.
SINKING FEELING; Amateur sailor's lifeboat in trouble by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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