Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. · To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials. · To copulate. · To take a short sleep; to nap.
Caulking. · 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. · Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”). · A short sleep; a nap.
From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicāre (“to fill in with limestone, caulk”), derived from calx (“limestone, chalk”). Related to calx, cauk, chalk, and calculus.
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