calker

¹

[ kaw-ker ]

/ ˈkɔ kər /

noun

Words nearby calker

calixtine, calixtus i, calixtus ii, calixtus iii, calk, calker, calkin, call, call a halt, call a spade a spade, call alarm

Definition for calker (2 of 3)

calker²

[ kaw-ker ]

/ ˈkɔ kər /

noun

Origin of calker

²

Definition for calker (3 of 3)

caulker

or calk·er

[ kaw-ker ]

/ ˈkɔ kər /

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

The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker, took their pay in shares.
The Old Merchant Marine|Ralph D. Paine
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
This process is called calking, and the furnace is called a calker furnace.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
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

She has engaged a new maidservant in Mrs. Calker's room, whom she means to make also housekeeper under herself.
The Letters of Jane Austen|Jane Austen