It was one of the crew, peering through a poorly-tarred gap in the carvel-built hull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference

"This is a carvel-built boat; that is, her planking runs fore and aft,".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton] Reference

Those who had seen the Yankee's crew at work in their snaky carvel-built boat said that no one else was in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Sea Stories] Reference

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 was -- a large inverted hull, decorated with dormer windows, brick chimneys, and a round pigeon-house surmounted by a gilded vane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wandering Heath] Reference