caulker

American  

[kaw-ker] / ˈkɔ kər /

Or calker

noun

1. a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.

2. a caulking tool or device.

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Etymology

Origin of caulker

First recorded in 1485–95; caulk + -er ¹

Example Sentences

We told Kermode he might go round the tank-plate landings—the laps, you know—with the caulker, and give them a rough tuck in, ready for us to finish; and then we went off.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert

Whilst living in Water Street, New York, he fell in love with Polly Luna, the daughter of a caulker.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel

So they make preparations to build the fortress, with provision of bread and wine for more than a year, with seeds for sowing, the ship’s boat, a caulker and carpenter, a gunner and cooper.

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

In most applications, master denotes chief; as master boat-builder, master caulker, master sail-maker, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

"Ambrose Dixon, a caulker by profession," "often in question for his Quaking profession," "a prater of nonsense," "stands arrested, and the broad arrow at his door, but bids defiance."

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles