English Dictionary

caulk

IPA（発音記号）

/kɔːk/

動詞

俗語

(nautical) 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. / (slang) Fuck.

日本語の意味

（海事）船の木製デッキや船体の継ぎ目に、オークム（細かくほぐした繊維）を詰めて水漏れを防ぐ作業を行うこと。 / 隙間、ひび割れ、または異なる素材同士の接合部にシーリング材を塗布すること。 / (俗語) 性行為を示す卑猥な表現としての用法。

Before the voyage, the sailors worked through the night to caulk the wooden hull, driving oakum firmly into every seam.

出航前、船員たちは木製の船体の継ぎ目にオークムをしっかり打ち込んで防水するために夜通し働いた。

意味（1）

(nautical) To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.

[W]e might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to go about, and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of How's her head? Mine often ached with the din of the men caulking all day long!

意味（2）

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

意味（3）

(slang) Fuck.

caulks （ present singular third-person ）

caulking （ participle present ）

caulked （ participle past ）

caulked （ past ）