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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Clinker (boat building)
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clinker
Noun
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
Noun (etymology 2)
- Someone or something that clinks.
- 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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