Definition of "carvel-built" []

• Nautical Built with the hull planks lying flush or edge to edge rather than overlapping: a carvel-built ship. (adjective)

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• "It was one of the crew, peering through a poorly-tarred gap in the carvel-built hull."
• "They were framed from naturally curved oak and planked with very thin oak strakes, clinker-built above the waterline and carvel-built below to reduce drag and increase speed."
• "Its stout ribs, curving outwards and downwards from this magnificent balk, supported the carvel-built roof, so that the upper half of the building appeared -- and indeed was -- a large inverted hull, decorated with dormer windows, brick chimneys, and a round pigeon-house surmounted by a gilded vane."