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from The Century Dictionary.
- Built with the planks all flush and not overlapping: said of a ship or boat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Shipbuilding) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
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- adjective Alternative form of
carvel-built .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
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