marine glue

American  

noun

1. a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.

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Etymology

Origin of marine glue

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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marine glue

The crevices or seams along the bottom of the boat should be carefully covered with pitch or marine glue to prevent leakage when the boat is in the water.

From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis)

Jeffrey’s marine glue is formed by dissolving india-rubber in four parts of benzene and adding two parts of shellac; it is extensively used, being easily applied and drying rapidly and hard.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

If made with marine glue they require more care, but will eat all the crisper.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

The pieces of glass are stuck together with marine glue, and a very simple contrivance enables the plants or other objects to be pressed near the front, and thus brought into better view.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

There was a plenty of hard pitch about, and one or two reckoned the marine glue in the deck-seams might be a passable substitute.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir