caulking

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1) * 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.

Translations

 * Danish: kalfatring
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:,  ; ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, stoppa catramata, stoppa da calafato
 * Maori: herepuru
 * Serbo-Croatian:


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