calker

¹

[kaw-ker]

noun

caulker.

calker

²

[kaw-ker]

noun

calk²(def 2).

Origin of calker

²

caulker

or calk·er

[kaw-ker]

noun

a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
a caulking tool or device.

Origin of caulker

First recorded in 1485–95; caulk + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for calker

Historical Examples of calker

I told him I was a calker, and should like to go where I could get work.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
This process is called calking, and the furnace is called a calker furnace.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker, took their pay in shares.
The Old Merchant Marine
Ralph D. Paine
On the fifth day another boat was sent ashore with six men, including a carpenter and a calker.
Alaska
Ella Higginson
Learning that I was a calker by trade, he promptly decided that New Bedford was the proper place to send me.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass