| 释义 |
▪ I. caulking, vbl. n.|ˈkɔːkɪŋ|
[f. caulk v.]
1. The action of the verb caulk. Also fig.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 70 To the Spanyard for kalkyng iijd. 1577Eden & Willes Hist. Trav. 224 b, Lycour..lyke vnto pytche..very commodious for the calkyng of shyppes. 1692in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xvi. 76 Caulking, is driving of Ockham, Span-hair, and the like into all the seams of the Ship, to keep out Water. 1884Law Times 10 May 26/2 Repairs of caulking.
2. attrib. and in comb., as caulking-chisel, a chisel for closing the seams between iron plates; caulking-iron, an instrument resembling a chisel used for driving the oakum into the seams of ships; caulking-mallet, a mallet for driving this.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 13 A calking Iron and a Mallet. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. cxlvi, Their left-hand does the calking-iron guide. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 75 [Peter the Great] wielded with his own hand the caulking iron and the mallet. 1879Cornh. Mag. Jan. 41 Docks, timber yards, calking basins, and ship⁓builders' yards.
▪ II. caulking
see also cauking. |