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clinker-built definition

clinker-built (-bilt′)

adjective

built with the planks of the hull overlapping, as a boat

Etymology: clinker < clink, dial. var. of clench

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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