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Meanings of caulked in English

Having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler.

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Usage of caulked in English
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The uncarpeted floor of narrow boards is caulked and holystoned like a deck.
Heartbreak House
2
The hatches were soon on, and, in an imperfect manner, caulked.
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
3
Well, I won't anticipate: I dare say it is well caulked.
The Channings: A Story
4
The deck is of mahogany, well caulked, and seven-eighths of an inch in thickness.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
5
They find springs, and the water car is kept full, caulked where it bleeds.
Iron Council
6
Each layer of planks was caulked and pitched before the next one was laid.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
7
It is a friable material, and cannot be caulked successfully.
The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Ca...
8
And chipped and caulked and scoured and tarred and sent 'em on their way.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
9
Probably no one had caulked the windows in years.
Commuters: a novel
10
They caulked it, by cutting out the leak, and then plugging the hole with linen.
For the Term of His Natural Life
11
The forge is drystone built and caulked with mud.
Voice of the Fire
12
Meantime, the ship was caulked, which she much required.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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A number of loggers were present, dressed in the invariable mackinaw, stagged overalls and caulked shoes.
The Centralia Conspiracy
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It was smooth from one end to the other, and it was well caulked with pitch.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
15
Another ship got caulked, out by Aldebaran sector.
The Forever War
16
Her first view was of a caulked sea-chest.
Quicksilver
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