Crossword clues for calked
calked
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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.
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: calk)
Usage examples of "calked".
They had struck a massive right whale, bonnet calked thick with barnacles.
He wrapped them first in old woolen blankets, then in oilcloth, and calked the seams with pitch or tar or wax.
Ornette wove the long stems of shore plants into a great circular pattern and calked the interstices with the clay Orn scooped up from beneath the water.
The road down the mountain was also better than the one by which they had ascended, and as the horses with their calked shoes were swift of foot they made rapid progress.
The minor outbuildings were all built of logs, calked with mud, like old rural sheds and shacks in America, or with oakum.