ˈlap-streak
Also lapstrake.
[f. lap n.3 or v.3 + streak.]
A boat in which each streak overlaps the one below; a clinker-built boat.
| 1771 Boston Gaz. 11 Mar. (Advt.) (Th.), Whale-boats and all sorts of Lapstreak Boats. 1860 All Year Round No. 75. 587 Two boats... Long graceful lapstreaks, roomy and stiff, yet so light that [etc.]. 1873 Forest & Stream 25 Sept. 108/2 Five six-oared shells, two six-oared lapstreaks. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Jan. 22/4 How to fit clinker (or lapstrake) planking on a hull. 1971 Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 10 Oct. 2/1 His 25-foot lapstrake boat was built by Vancouver shipbuilders. |
| attrib. 1895 Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 488/2 Their boat is of lap-streak construction. |
Hence
ˈlapstreaked a., (of a boat) built in this fashion.
ˈlap-streaker (
U.S.), one who uses such a boat.
| 1883 Pall Mall G. 30 Aug. 11/1 The owner's gig..will be of cedar, lapstreaked. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 130 Lap jointed, lap straked. Describes the system of planking as used in clinker-built boats. |