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Carvel-built

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Adjective

1. carvel-built

(of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carvel-built

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

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Carvel-built

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adjective
built with the planks of the hull laid edge to edge to form a smooth surface, as a boat
see also clinker-built

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carvel-built

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adj.
Nautical
Built with the hull planks lying flush or edge to edge rather than overlapping: a carvel-built ship.

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