CLINKER

Clinker

Clinker built is a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap, called a "land" or "landing." In craft of any size planks are also joined end to end into a strake. The technique developed in northern Europe and was successfully used by the Vikings and typical for the Hanseatic cog.

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clinker

Noun

  1. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
  2. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
  3. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
  4. Hardened volcanic lava.
  5. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Someone or something that clinks.
  2. Fetters.

Noun (etymology 3)

A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks; used chiefly attributively in terms such as clinker planking, clinker dinghy etc.


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