calking

Verb (1)

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

Verb (2)

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

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Noun

caulking (usually uncountable, plural caulkings)

1. (usually) A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
   • Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.
2. (usually) An act/process of sealing using this material.