Caulking

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.

2.verbTo apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

3.verbFuck

4.nounA 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."

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