Caulk meaning
To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing.
Caulk a pipe joint; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.
verb
To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
verb
To apply caulking.
Caulked all around the window frame.
verb
Caulking.
noun
To stop up (the cracks, seams, etc.) of (a window frame, boat, etc.) as with a puttylike sealant or oakum.
verb
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To make (a joint of overlapping plates) tight by hammering the edge of one plate into the side of the other.
verb
A soft, resilient, puttylike compound for use in caulking.
noun
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
verb
Origin of caulk
- Middle English cauken to press from Old North French cauquer from Latin calcāre to tread from calx heel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicō.
From Wiktionary