'Calking' definitions:
Definition of 'Calking'
From: GCIDE
- Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calked; p. pr. & vb. n. Calking.] [Either corrupted fr. F. calfater (cf. Pg. calafetar, Sp. calafetear), fr. Ar. qalafa to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. cauken to tred, through the French fr. L. calcare, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calk to copy, Inculcate.]
- 1. To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calking'
From: GCIDE
- Calking \Calk"ing\, n. The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. [1913 Webster]
- Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Their left hand does the calking iron guide. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]