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lapstrake

noun

Etymology

From lap + strake.

  1. derived from *strakaz✻ — “straight”
  2. inherited from *strakō✻
  3. inherited from *straca✻
  4. inherited from strake
  5. compounded as lapstrake — “lap + strake”

Definitions

  1. A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

  2. A boat built in this style.

  3. Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.

    • The hotel nightlights shine behind the drawn venetian blinds and the slatted patterns on the curbside cars give them the look of anchored smallcraft with lapstrake hulls.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA