V-bottom

noun

variants or less commonly vee bottom

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1

: a sailboat that is usually broad and shoal and has the bottom in the form of a flat V joined by a chine to vertical or flaring sides

2

: a usually high-speed powerboat developed from the sailing type of V-bottom

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