Which consequence results from inadequate mortise-and-tenon joinery drying in wooden ship construction?

💡 Explanation

Water ingress risk increases when wood shrinks because the mortise-and-tenon joints loosen with drying via frictional force reduction; therefore flexibility increases and sealing fails; rather than protecting from beetles because expansion would occur then.

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