Definitions for carvel-built

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Spelling: [kahr-vuh l-bilt]
IPA: /ˈkɑr vəlˌbɪlt/

Carvel-Built is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 911 anagrams from letters in carvel-built (-abceillrtuv).

Definitions for carvel-built

adjective

  1. (of a ship's hull) formed of planks laid close on the frames so as to present a smooth exterior. Compare clinker-built (def 2).

Origin of carvel-built

First recorded in 1790-1800

Examples for carvel-built

A man-of-war's boat, resembling the pinnace, but rather smaller; it is carvel-built, and generally rowed with twelve oars.

The cutters for ships of the line are carvel-built of 25 feet, and fit for anchor work.

A boat is carvel-built when the planks are laid edge to edge so that they present a smooth surface without.

When the plates of an iron vessel are flush, as in those that are carvel-built.

They were all carvel-built boats, and the bows of each were armed with a broad sheet of copper as a protection from the ice.

Either clincher or carvel-built, no jib-stay, the jib hoisting and hanging by the halliards alone.

They are carvel-built—that is, the planks are placed as in a ship.

Word Value for carvel-built
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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