The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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.

Carvel-work and clinched-work, rudder-brace and rudder-pintle, and the fair-leader
Carvel-work and clinched-work, rudder-brace and rudder-pintle, and the fair-leader
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