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

From lack of evidence he was soon released, and was then sent to Hugh Auld in Baltimore, where he was apprenticed as a ship caulker.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

I procured a caulker, who, with myself and crew, went into the mud and water and commenced stopping the leaks, while the water was running out from her bottom from almost every seam.

From Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... by Dunham, Jacob

In ships of war there are two carpenter's mates and one caulker, one blacksmith, and a carpenter's crew, according to the size of the ship.

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

Poor slipshod giddy Pegasus Was but a sorry walker; To Vulcan then Apollo goes, To get a frosty caulker.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

There’s more in life than whacking rivets and holding the caulker.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert