I. transitive verb
or calk ˈkȯk
Etymology: Middle English caulken, from Anglo-French cauker, calcher, chalcher to trample, from Latin calcare, from calc-, calx heel
Date: 15th century
: to stop up and make tight against leakage (as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
• caulk·er noun
II. noun
or calk also caulk·ing or calk·ing ˈkȯ-kiŋ
Date: 1954
: material used to caulk
III.
variant of calk II