Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other. / Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated. / Constructed or enhanced.

Alternative spelling of jerrybuilt

Made of a composite material. / (nautical, of a ship) Having wooden planks on a metal frame.

Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.

(nautical) (of a wooden vessel) Having the planks of the hull laid flush and caulked to make a smooth finish.

(nautical) Of a boat or ship: having the hull constructed using planks or plates laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it; the planks were traditionally secured by nails which had been clenched (or clinched), that is, after being hammered through the planks the points of the nails were bent to make them unremovable.

Built cheaply and shoddily.

Synonym of clinker-built

Synonym of clinker-built

Built upon air; lacking a solid foundation.