Lapstreak

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  • n. Alternative form of lapstrake.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats. Contrasted with carvel-built.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Built with each streak or course of planking overlapping the one below it like clapboards on a house; clincher-built: applied to boats.
  • n. A boat built in this way. Lapstreaks are not so strong as smooth-seamed boats, and are much more easily strained.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having overlapping hull planks
    • Equivalent
    lapstrake    lap-streaked    lap-straked   
     
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