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Definition of Caulker
1. Noun. A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping ¹
2. Noun. A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caulker
1. one that caulks [n -S] - See also: caulks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caulker
Literary usage of Caulker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"Round I.—The person of the caulker was unknown to the ring-goers. True, his fame
had gone before him, and he had been represented as nothing else but an ..."
2. Belize by Vivien Lougheed (2005)
"Coye caulker Once a quiet backpackers' haven, Caye caulker has changed a lot
since I first saw it in the early 1980s. A few places (like Tom's and Edith's ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"refers caucus to the caulker's meetings held in Boston in 1770. 1888 House - caucus.
— Bryce's 'American Commonwealth.' (NED) Cause. Because. ..."
4. Text-book of Mechanical Engineering by Wilfrid James Lineham (1902)
"Pneumatic caulker.—This, an American invention, was first introduced in 1890.
As shown in Fig. 302, it is being made by Messrs. Crossley Bros., and is said ..."
5. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"... His caulker stands the test ;— Whose drops discuss'd, I hope and trust, With
Apostolic zeal, The old Lafitte, That's stampt with Albert's seal. ..."
6. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1825)
"To CHARLES ANTHONY DEANE, of Charles-Street, Dept- ford, in the County of Kent,
Ship caulker, for his Invention of Apparatus or Machines to be worn by ..."
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