1. Loose hemp or jute fibre obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships

Derived forms: oakums

Type of: fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Oakum

• other
• other half
• other than
• otherness
• others
• otherwise
• otherworld
• otherworldliness
• otherworldly
• Othman I
• Otho
• Otho I
• Otho of Lagery
• othonna
• otic
• otic ganglion
• Otides
• Otididae
• otiose
• otiosity
• Otis
• Otis Skinner
• Otis tarda
• otitis
• otitis externa