carvel-built

American  

[kahr-vuhl-bilt] / ˈkɑr vəlˌbɪlt /

adjective

1. (of a ship's hull) formed of planks laid close on the frames so as to present a smooth exterior.

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carvel-built British  

adjective

1. (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams Compare clinker-built

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Etymology

Origin of carvel-built

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

When the Mary Rose was built, it was part of a new generation of modern carvel-built ships - planks laid side to side - which featured gunports with lids, allowing heavier guns to be carried.

From BBC • May 30, 2013

At Oxford the torpids were rowed, as now, in clinker-built craft, but the summer races were rowed in carvel-built boats, which also had a keel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Further, besides the primitive mode of tying the parts together, two main types of build must be noticed, in accordance with which a boat is said to be either carvel-built or 97 clinker-built.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

In size, as a ship's boat, smaller than the barge, and, like it, carvel-built.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

A man-of-war's boat, resembling the pinnace, but rather smaller; it is carvel-built, and generally rowed with twelve oars.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir