Clinker (boat building) — A Viking longship, displaying the overlapping planks that characterize clinker construction. Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and, in the early nineteenth century, iron plates to each… … Wikipedia
Clinker — may refer to: Clinker (boat building), construction method for wooden boats Clinker (waste), waste from industrial processes Clinker (cement), a kilned then quenched cement product Clinker brick, rough dark coloured bricks Clinker Peak, a… … Wikipedia
Clinker (waste) — Clinker is a general name given to waste from industrial processes particularly those that involve smelting metals, burning fossil fuels and using a blacksmith s forge which will usually result in a large buildup of clinker around the tuyère.… … Wikipedia
Clinker brick — Reemtsma cigarette factory in Hamburg by Fritz Höger Clinker bricks are partially vitrified brick stones used in the construction of buildings. Clinkers are burnt under temperatures so high that the pores of the fuel property are closed by the… … Wikipedia
clinker — a form of seaworthy boat construction built with planks overlapping the one below. Also called lapstrake … Dictionary of ichthyology
carvel construction — ▪ naval architecture type of ship construction characteristic in Mediterranean waters during the Middle Ages, as contrasted with clinker construction in northern waters. In carvel construction the planks were fitted edge to edge against a… … Universalium
Carvel (boat building) — In boat building, carvel built or carvel planking is a method of constructing wooden boats and tall ships by fixing planks to a frame so that the planks butt up against each other, edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth … Wikipedia
Comparison of Ancient Shipbuilding Traditions — Ship construction techniques can be categorized as follows: Hide, log, sewn, lashed plank, clinker (and reverse clinker), shell first, and frame first. While the frame first technique dominates the modern ship construction industry, the ancients… … Wikipedia
Strake — A strake is:#part of a boat or ship. It is a horizontal strip of wooden planking or steel plating on the exterior hull of a vessel, running longitudinally along the vessel from the stem to the stern. #a device for controlling air flow over an… … Wikipedia
naval ship — Introduction the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… … Universalium
