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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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