caulking
English
Verb
caulking
- present participle of caulk
Noun
caulking (usually uncountable, plural caulkings)
- 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.
- 2001, Middle Age: A Romance, Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 17)
- Marina's bedroom was a small charming room with small charming windows of aged glass, dating to the mid-1800s, windowpanes badly in need of caulking, overlooking St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church with its heraldic spire floating on the night sky, and its ancient bumpy churchyard.
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sealing material
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