caulkingとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

caulking (usually uncountable, 複数形 caulkings)

1. A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.

   Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships.

   • 2001, Middle Age: A Romance, Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 17)

     Marina's bedroom was a small charming room with small charming windows of aged glass, dating to the mid-1800s, windowpanes badly in need of caulking, overlooking St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church with its heraldic spire floating on the night sky, and its ancient bumpy churchyard.

   • 2016, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea:

     Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck): It might just be the caulking. This whole tub needs to be re-caulked. Did you take a bath or shower in the last couple of hours?

同意語

• caulk

派生語

• caulking iron