calking iron

English

Noun

calking iron (plural calking irons)

  1. A tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
    • Dryden
      Their left hand does the calking iron guide.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calking iron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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