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lapstrake en · ADJ

Etymology

From lap + strake.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
   • The hotel nightlights shine behind the drawn venetian blinds and the slatted patterns on the curbside cars give them the look of anchored smallcraft with lapstrake hulls. 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188:

Relateds

clinker-built

Translations (2)

fi limisauma (style) · fi limisaumavene (boat)

lapstrake en · NOUN

Etymology

From lap + strake.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
2. (countable, usually) A boat built in this style.

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