lap-streakn.
/ˈlapstriːk/, U.S. /ˈlæpˌstrik/ A boat in which each streak overlaps the one below; a clinker-built boat.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > built with overlapping planks
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1771 Boston Gaz. 11 Mar. (advt.) Whale-boats and all sorts of Lapstreak Boats.
1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 587 Two boats... Long graceful lapstreaks, roomy and stiff, yet so light that [etc.].
1873 Forest & Stream 25 Sept. 108/2 Five six-oared shells, two six-oared lapstreaks.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Jan. 22/4 How to fit clinker (or lapstrake) planking on a hull.
1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Oct. 2/1 His 25-foot lapstrake boat was built by Vancouver shipbuilders.
Derivatives
ˈlapstreaked adj. (of a boat) built in this fashion.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping
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1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Aug. 11/1 The owner's gig..will be of cedar, lapstreaked.
1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 130 Lap jointed, lap straked. Describes the system of planking as used in clinker-built boats.
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ˈlap-streaker n. U.S. one who uses such a boat.
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