Noah Webster
Clincher-built
CLINCHER-BUILT,
CLINCHER-WORK, noun In ship building, the disposition of the planks in the side of a boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank overlays the next below it, like slates on the roof a house.
CLINCHER-BUILT,
CLINCHER-WORK, noun In ship building, the disposition of the planks in the side of a boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank overlays the next below it, like slates on the roof a house.