late 14c., "to stop up crevices or cracks," from Old North French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare "to stop up chinks with lime," from Latin calx (2) "lime, limestone" (see chalk). Original sense is nautical, of making ships watertight. Related: Caulked; caulking. As a noun, "caulking material," by 1980 (caulking in this sense was used from 1743). Related: Caulker.
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1. Plumbers caulk joints in pipe with lead，string or a caulking compound.
配管工用鉛、ロープ、または専用フィラー材料により、配管の継ぎ手から水が漏れないようにします。
2.Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
造船職人は麻糸とアスファルトで木造船の隙間を埋め、水が滲まないようにした。
3.Fibermax caulk is also used as a patchingmaterial around deteriorating burner blocks.
Fibermaxフィラーは、炉本体を修理する際の補修材料としても使用できます。
4.The sailors couldn 't find anything to caulk the seam in the boat.
船乗りたちは船の亀裂を埋めるために何も見つかりませんでした。
5. Caulk a pipe joint ; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.