carvel-built
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car·vel-built
(kär′vəl-bĭlt′, -vĕl′-)adj. Nautical
Built with the hull planks lying flush or edge to edge rather than overlapping: a carvel-built ship.
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carvel-built
adj
(Nautical Terms) (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams. Compare clinker-built
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car′vel-built`
adj.
(of a ship's hull) formed of planks laid close on the frames so as to present a smooth exterior.
[1790–1800]
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| Adj. | 1. | carvel-built - (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight clincher-built, clinker-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked - having overlapping hull planks |
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