Covered or tiled with shingles; in first quot., ? having the outer timbers overlapping like tiles, clinker-built.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping (8) shingled1362 Covered or tiled with shingles; in first quot., ? having the outer timbers overlapping like tiles, clinker-built. clincheda1547 Firmly fastened as a nail or bolt; clinker-built. Formerly in other senses of clenched, adj. clincher-built1769 = clinker-built adj. at clinker, n.3 compounds 1. clinker-built1769 applied to ships and boats, the external planks of which overlap each other below, and are fastened together with clinched copper nails: now… plank-over-plank1769 plank-over-plank: with the outside planks overlapping, as in a clinker-built vessel. Obsolete. rare. clencher-built1850 He who or that which clenches; a statement, argument, etc., which clenches or settles the point (more commonly clincher); formerly also = clincher, n.… clinch-built1867 = clinker-built adj. at clinker, n.3 compounds 1. lapstreaked1883 (of a boat) built in this fashion. |
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