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adj. - (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks.

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  • It was one of the crew, peering through a poorly-tarred gap in the carvel-built hull.
  • "This is a carvel-built boat; that is, her planking runs fore and aft,"
  • Those who had seen the Yankee's crew at work in their snaky carvel-built boat said that no one else was in it.
  • Its stout ribs, curving outwards and downwards from this magnificent balk, supported the carvel-built roof, so that the upper half of the building appeared -- and indeed...
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