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Definition of Lap-streak
1. Adjective. Having overlapping hull planks.
Category relationships: Ship
Antonyms: Carvel-built
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap-streak
Literary usage of Lap-streak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The University Quarterly (1861)
"The first has now a fine lap-streak shell, purchased last year, ... The Varuna
have also a fine barge, a lap-streak gig, and a new shell, now building. ..."
2. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"EKG, double-scull lap- streak, Daley and Wells; time, 16.46. Thetis, six-oared
lap- streak, Harvard Fresh.; three miles; time, 20.13; prize, $75. ..."
3. History of Monroe County, Michigan by Talcott Enoch Wing, Helen Weightman Gay (1890)
"The Amateur Boat Club was organized in August, 1872, and purchased the four-oared
coxswain lap-streak, " TN Perkins," of La Chapelle, of Detroit. ..."
4. Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction by Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt (1884)
"Ribben-carvel takes a better workman, but lap-streak is undoubted! ... The trouble
with a lap-streak is its aptness to draw when very dry. ..."
5. The Journal of Education for Upper Canada by Adolphus Egerton Ryerson, John George Hodgins, Adam Crooks, Ontario Dept. of Education (1860)
"Yale College entered for the contest its six-oared shell boat, the Yale ; Brown
University entered a six-oared lap streak, ..."
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