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Rarecaulking
The correct spelling is caulking.
How to pronounce caulking
verb
Say it like: Cau-lki-ng
The correct spelling is caulking. To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. For example: "Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships."
Usage Examples
“Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
- 2.To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
- 3.Fuck
noun
- 1.A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
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