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Clinker (boat building) — A Viking longship, displaying the overlapping planks that characterize clinker construction. Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and, in the early nineteenth century, iron plates to each… … Wikipedia
Clinker — may refer to: Clinker (boat building), construction method for wooden boats Clinker (waste), waste from industrial processes Clinker (cement), a kilned then quenched cement product Clinker brick, rough dark coloured bricks Clinker Peak, a… … Wikipedia
Boat building — Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hulls of boats and, for sailboats, the masts, spars and rigging.Parts* Bow the front and generally sharp end of the hull. It is designed to reduce the… … Wikipedia
Boat Encampment — was a rendezvous and staging point for the Hudson s Bay Company in the early 19th Century and later a locality by that name in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was located at the top of the Big Bend of the Columbia north of the city… … Wikipedia
clinker-built — [kliŋk′ərbilt΄] adj. [clinker < clink, dial. var. of CLENCH] built with the planks of the hull overlapping, as a boat: distinguished from CARVEL BUILT … English World dictionary
Clinker-built — Clink er built, a. (Naut.) 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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clinker-built — adjective Etymology: clinker, noun, clinch Date: 1769 having the external planks or plates overlapping like the clapboards on a house < a clinker built boat > … New Collegiate Dictionary
clinker-built — adjective (of a boat) having external planks which overlap downwards and are secured with clinched nails. Compare with carvel built. Origin C18: clinker from clink (north. Engl. var. of clinch) … English new terms dictionary
clinker — a form of seaworthy boat construction built with planks overlapping the one below. Also called lapstrake … Dictionary of ichthyology
clinker built — adj. (of a boat) having hull with planks that are overlapping … English contemporary dictionary
