Carvel Work
Shipbuilding
A term applied to cutters and boats, signifying that the seams of the bottom-planking are square, and to be tight by caulking as those of ships. It is opposed to the phrase clincher-built, which see.
A term applied to cutters and boats, signifying that the seams of the bottom-planking are square, and to be tight by caulking as those of ships. It is opposed to the phrase clincher-built, which see.