Definition: lapstrake

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

lap-strake
     adj : laid overlapping (not flush) [syn: lap-jointed, lap-straked,
            lap-streak, lap-streaked, overlapping]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Lapstreak \Lap"streak`\, Lapstrake \Lap"strake`\, a.
   Made with boards whose edges lap one over another;
   clinker-built; -- said of boats.