carvel-built

[ kahr-vuhl-bilt ]

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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

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

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First recorded in 1790–1800

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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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