carvel-built

2 definitions found

carvel-built - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carvelbuilt \Car"vel*built\, a. (Shipbuilding)
     Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping
     as in a clinker-built vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

carvel-built - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carvel-built
      adj 1: (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping)
             hull planks [ant: clincher-built, clinker-built,
             lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-  streaked
             ]