CLINKER-BUILT


Meaning of CLINKER-BUILT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌbilt ]

adjective

Etymology: clinker, noun, clinch

Date: 1769

: having the external planks or plates overlapping like the clapboards on a house

a clinker-built boat

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.