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What does clinker-built mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word clinker-built? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (shipbuilding) Constructed using planks or plates of the hull laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it.
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The rear of the clinker-built factory accomodates the fully fitted-up motorcycle repair shop, the front representing the spacious showroom.
In the Mediaeval era, the Vikings used clinker-built ships to colonize Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and Russia.
There are few crafts more capable of riding a stormy sea than is a clinker-built rowboat.
Well preserved remains of Viking ships show they were clinker-built of overlapping planks and measured between about 17.5m and 36m in length.
The roof here is constructed almost like a clinker-built boat, again reflecting Barry's other great love, sailing.
Another light, clinker-built boat was launched, and reached him just right.

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