caulk
verb (used with object)
to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
had caulked
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past perfectof caulk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There was a fireplace where I cooked my food, but the wood burned poorly and it was very draughty, though I had caulked the walls as well as I could.
From Pan by Knut Hamsun
It was not through the crevice, I had stopped with the jacket, they had sought entrance; but by another aperture, which I had caulked with a piece of cloth.
From The Boy Tar by Edward Read
"And Rudolf told me he had caulked them thoroughly."
From Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce
