Definizione monolingua

caulking

caulking

1. Present participle of caulk.

caulking (usually uncountable; plural 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)

     Marinas 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.

Definizione dizionario caulking

calafataggio

Altri significati:

the physical process of sealing a joint, seam, juncture or void between adjacent surfaces by filling with a sealant.

Present participle of caulk.

oakum etc used to caulk a ship