carvel-built adj 1: (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks [ant: {clincher-built}, {clinker-built}, {lap-strake}, {lap-straked}, {lap-streak}, {lap- streaked}]
Carvelbuilt \Car"vel*built\, a. (Shipbuilding) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel. [1913 Webster]