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English
Etymology
From lap + strake.
Noun
lapstrake (usually uncountable, plural lapstrakes)
- (uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- (countable) A boat built in this style.
Adjective
lapstrake (not comparable)
- Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 188: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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