Meanings
nounlapstrake (usually uncountable, plural lapstrakes)
plural lapstrakes
- uncountableusuallyA style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- countableusuallyA boat built in this style.
adjectivelapstrake (not comparable)
- not comparableDescriptive 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.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Translations
Finnish limisauma, limisaumavene
- limisaumastyle
- limisaumaveneboat
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Chicago
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