oakum

Etymology


From Late, , from , from , from (from , , or ) +  (ultimately from , ). See also and.

Noun

 * 1) Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
 * 2) Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.
 * 1) Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: στυππεῖον
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: վուշ
 * Bashkir: сүс
 * Bulgarian: кълчища
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: stope
 * Galician: estopa
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στυππεῖον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: okamu
 * Norwegian: drevgarn
 * Ottoman Turkish: قونداق, قنداق, قوندق, استوپی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Saterland Frisian: Wäierk
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кучина
 * Latin:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: drevgarn
 * Tatar: çübek
 * Telugu: కితనార,
 * Turkish:
 * Udmurt: куж
 * Yup'ik: kalap'aataq