clincher-built

[ klin-cher-bilt ]

adjective

, Shipbuilding.

1. clinker-built ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of clincher-built¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

There was a time, however, when the clincher-built lugger plied her trade as boldly, and almost as regularly, as the regular coaster; and that period is within the memory of those who are yet young.

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A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber.

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I made another stroke, and felt my hand pass down the side of an object that I knew at once was a clincher-built boat.

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A bluff, clincher-built vessel, fitted with a well, to preserve the lobsters alive.

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A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats.

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