单词 | caulking |
释义 | caulkingn. The action of caulk v. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > caulking seams caulking1481 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 70 To the Spanyard for kalkyng iijd. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 213v Lycour..lyke vnto pytche..very commodious for the calkynge of shyppes. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 Caulking, is driving of Ockham, Span-hair, and the like into all the seams of the Ship, to keep out Water. 1884 Law Times 10 May 26/2 Repairs of caulking. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as caulking-chisel n. a chisel for closing the seams between iron plates. caulking-iron n. an instrument resembling a chisel used for driving the oakum into the seams of ships. caulking-mallet n. a mallet for driving this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > caulking seams > tools chinsing-iron1508 caulker1543 reef hook1617 caulking-iron1627 caulking-mallet1627 horse-iron1750 rave-hook1780 meaking iron1853 sharp-iron1887 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 13 A calking Iron and a Mallet. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxlvi. 37 Their left-hand does the Calking-iron guide. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 75 [Peter the Great] wielded with his own hand the caulking iron and the mallet. 1879 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 41 Docks, timber yards, calking basins, and ship~builders' yards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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