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carvel-built

[ kahr-vuhl-bilt ]

adjective

  1. (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

  1. (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams Compare clinker-built
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carvel-built1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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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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