[f. LAP sb.3 or v.3 + STREAK.] A boat in which each streak overlaps the one below; a clinker-built boat.
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.
attrib. 1895. Outing (U.S.), XXVI. 488/2. Their boat is of lap-streak construction.
Hence Lapstreaked a., (of a boat) built in this fashion. Lap-streaker (U.S.), one who uses such a boat.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 30 Aug., 11/1. The owner’s gig … will be of cedar, lapstreaked.
