calk

Plural: calks

Noun

• a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
• A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
• A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.
• Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”).

Verb

• provide with calks
  • "calk horse shoes"
• seal with caulking
• injure with a calk
• Alternative spelling of caulk.
• 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.
• Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
• 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.
• -ED, -ING, -S to caulk

Synonyms

calkin, caulk, caulken, caulkin

Related Words

roughshod