Clinker-built

Quick meaning: Clinker-built is an adjective meaning (nautical) Of a boat or ship: where the hull planks overlap each other edge-to-edge, similar to shingles on a roof, and are secured by clenched nails or rivets for a strong, watertight seal.

Meaning

(nautical) Of a boat or ship: where the hull planks overlap each other edge-to-edge, similar to shingles on a roof, and are secured by clenched nails or rivets for a strong, watertight seal.

Example Sentences

Varnished clinker planking is common in Scandinavia. The original Folkboat was clinker-built.

As the taxi and I travelled around America I pictured myself […] in a traditional clapboard, clinker-built home with a view over Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

The Leopard in fact possessed no barge: nothing more than a little clinker-built jolly-boat, patched and pieced until scarcely an original plank was to be seen.

The British portion of the expedition were ordered to leave Kingston, in Canada West, as early in the year as possible, in a beautiful clinker-built boat for Toronto.

Word Forms

• clinkerbuilt

Synonyms for clinker-built

Depending on context, synonyms include clench-built, clinch-built, clincher-built, lapstrake, overlapping.

Antonyms for clinker-built

Common opposites include carvel-built.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clincher-built, overlapping, clinch-built, clad, matchboarded, chock-a-block.

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