calkin

[ kaw-kin, kal- ]

/ ˈkɔ kɪn, ˈkæl- /

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Origin of calkin

1400–50; late Middle English kakun<Middle Dutch calcoen hoof <Old French (Walloon) calcain<Latin calcāneum heel; see calcaneum

Or, on the same branch, may be turned up a calkin of sufficient height for the purpose.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
This suggests at once that a preventive is to be found in substituting a calkin that is low and square.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
Treads, too, especially with the calkin of the hind-shoe, are especially apt to end in this way.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
Sylvia meditated selling enough Calkin's soap to buy a new one, and stow that away in Mr. Allen's room.
The Shoulders of Atlas|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Mrs. Jim Jones had a mirror which she had earned by selling Calkin's soap, which Sylvia considered much handsomer.
The Shoulders of Atlas|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman