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carvel-built
[ kahr-vuhl-bilt ]
adjective
- (of a ship's hull) formed of planks laid close on the frames so as to present a smooth exterior. Compare clinker-built ( def 2 ).
carvel-built
adjective
- See clinker-built(of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams Compare clinker-built
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carvel-built1
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Example Sentences
This offers less resistance, and before long builders constructed so-called ‘gigs’ for racing purposes, which were carvel built.
A boat is carvel-built when the planks are laid edge to edge so that they present a smooth surface without.
One of them was her own, a heavy white boat, carvel built, with high freeboard.
The cutters for ships of the line are carvel-built of 25 feet, and fit for anchor work.
They were all carvel-built boats, and the bows of each were armed with a broad sheet of copper as a protection from the ice.
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