calk

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verb (1)

variant spelling of caulk

transitive verb

: to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)

calk

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noun

ˈkȯk 

variants or caulk

: a cleat on the shoe of a horse to prevent slipping

also : a similar device worn on the sole of a shoe

calk

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verb (2)

variants or caulk

calked or caulked; calking or caulking; calks or caulks

transitive verb

1

: to furnish with calks

2

: to wound with a calk

Examples of calk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

These holes are filled with square pegs of white pine and new calks driven into the wood. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably alteration of calkin, from Middle English kakun, from Middle Dutch or Middle French dialect; Middle Dutch calcoen horse's hoof, from Middle French dialect (Walloon) calcain heel, from Latin calcaneum, from calc-, calx heel

First Known Use

Noun

1587, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for calk

• balk
• baulk
• bloc
• bock
• broch
• brock
• caulk
• chalk
• chock
• clock
• cock
• croc

Kids Definition

calk

variant of caulk