calkin
calkin noun: a calk (on a horseshoe).
Noun
calkin (plural calkins)
- A calk (on a horseshoe).
- Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.
He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day
And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West
- Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
Proper noun capitalized: Calkin
Calkin (plural Calkins)
- A surname from Irish.
calkin meaning in Kannada
calkin in Kannada
- ಲಾಳಜಾರಿಕೆ ತಡೆಕ
Forms of calkin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | calkins |
| alternative form | caulken |
| alternative form | caulkin |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Calkins |
Origin of calkin
Variant of Culkin.
Questions about calkin
- What does calkin mean?
- Calkin means a calk (on a horseshoe).
- What is calkin in Kannada?
- Calkin in Kannada is ಲಾಳಜಾರಿಕೆ ತಡೆಕ. See Calkin meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is calkin?
- Calkin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of calkin?
- The plural of calkin is calkins.
Words near calkin in the dictionary
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