Caulk vs. Oakum

Caulknoun

Caulking.

Caulknoun

A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.

Caulkverb

(nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.

Caulkverb

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

Caulkverb

See Calk, v..

Caulkverb

to fill in the seams or cracks of, with a waterproof material such as caulk.

Caulknoun

See Calk.

Caulknoun

a viscous semisolid material of varying composition used to fill in seams of objects which are exposed to water, such as wooden ships or bath tiles; - called also calk and caulking. After applying in a semisolid form, the material hardens and dries to form a waterproof seal. It is used in the process of caulking. It is sometimes applied together with a rope-like cord to fill larger seams.

Caulkverb

seal with caulking;

Caulk

Caulk or (less frequently) caulking is a material used to seal joints or seams against leakage in various structures and piping. The oldest form of caulk consisted of fibrous materials driven into the wedge-shaped seams between boards on wooden boats or ships.

Oakumnoun

A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.

Oakumnoun

The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.

Oakumnoun

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; - used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

Oakumnoun

The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.

Oakumnoun

loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships

Oakum

Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships; in plumbing, for sealing joints in cast iron pipe; and in log cabins for chinking.