D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Clinker-built

· Clink·er-built · IPA /ˌklɪŋkɚˈbɪlt/
01 a. Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboar…
  1. 1.
    Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.(Naut.) See: Lapstreak