ALL meanings of calk
calk
C c - noun calk a metal projection on a horse's shoe to prevent slipping 3
- noun calk a set of spikes or a spiked plate attached to the sole of a boot, esp by loggers, to prevent slipping 3
- verb calk to provide with calks 3
- verb calk to wound with a calk 3
- verb calk to transfer (a design) by tracing it with a blunt point from one sheet backed with loosely fixed colouring matter onto another placed underneath 3
- abbreviation CALK caulk 3
- noun calk a part of a horseshoe that projects downward to prevent slipping 3
- noun calk a metal plate with spurs, fastened to the sole of a shoe to prevent slipping 3
- verb transitive calk to fasten calks on 3
- verb transitive calk to cut (its leg) accidentally with a calk 3
- noun calk A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping. 1
- verb with object calk to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc. 1
- verb with object calk to make (a vessel) watertight by filling the seams between the planks with oakum or other material driven snug. 1
- verb with object calk to fill or close (a seam, joint, etc.), as in a boat. 1
- verb with object calk to drive the edges of (plating) together to prevent leakage. 1
- noun calk Also, caulking [kaw-king] /ˈkɔ kɪŋ/ (Show IPA). a material or substance used for caulking. 1
- verb calk (possibly dated) Alternative spelling of caulk. 0
- verb calk To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. 0
- verb calk To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. 0