CARVEL-BUILT


Meaning of CARVEL-BUILT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkär-vəl-ˌbilt, -ˌvel- ]

adjective

Etymology: probably from Dutch karveel-, from karveel caravel, from Middle French carvelle

Date: 1798

: built with the planks meeting flush at the seams

a carvel-built ship

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