Oakum worked out for caulking. (Tow).
·noun The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling. II. Oakum ·noun The material obta...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon æcumbe]. The state into which old ropes are reduced when they are untwisted an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The caulker's apprentice, who attends to bring oakum, pitch, &c. ...
When a ship suffers leakage from inefficient caulking. (See seam.) ...
When the ship's labouring forces the caulking out of her seams. ...