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carvel Definition

car·vel (kär′vəl)

noun

caravel

carvel Usage Examples

Converse of object

build: They are carvel built, mostly of pitch pine, although Clark recommended Burma teak, " if supplies and cost permit " .

Modifies a noun

  • planking: The vessel is lightly built with carvel planking, all visible fastenings are treenails.
  • hull: The cutting of gun ports into the main hull could only be achieved with any security in skeleton framed carvel hulls.
  • building: The second distinctive feature of Southern ships was the carvel building method inherited from antiquity.