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Definition of Caulking
1. Noun. A waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight.
Definition of Caulking
1. Verb. (present participle of caulk) ¹
2. Noun. A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caulking
1. the material used to caulk [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caulking
Literary usage of Caulking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"In ordinary caulking work light hammers are employed ; where the plates are very
thick, heavier ones may be advantageously used. Sometimes in large vessels ..."
2. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1894)
"On "A Percussive Tool for caulking Chipping, Mining, etc. ... Within the past
few years' mechanical caulking has been introduced with considerable success, ..."
3. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"caulking, SHAFTS AND LIGHTING One of the advantages of concrete caissons is ...
In steel caissons the joints must be caulked with a regular caulking tool, ..."
4. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882 by Frederick Douglass, John Lobb (1882)
"Nothing lost by my attempt to run away—Comrades at home—Reasons for sending me
away—Return to Baltimore—Tommy changed—caulking in Gardiner's ship ..."
5. Small Yacht Construction and Rigging by Linton Hopo (1903)
"Go over the seam to be caulked, with a small caulking iron, ... When driving in
the cotton, place the caulking iron across the yarn and draw it over the ..."
6. Handbook for Mechanical Engineers by Henry Adams (1891)
"NOTES ON caulking. caulking consists of burring up the inner edge of the plates
in a joint by means of a tool like a flat-ended chisel, to prevent leakage ..."
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