caulker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
    — He was one of the best caulkers around.
  2. A lime kiln.
  3. A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
  4. An alcoholic drink; a dram. archaic,slang
    — “Will you taste, messmate?” he asked; and when I had refused: “Well, I’ll take a dram myself, Jim,” said he. “I need a caulker, for there’s trouble on hand. And talking o’ trouble, why did that doctor give me the chart, Jim?”
  5. Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”). alt-of,archaic,informal

词形变化

caulkers plural cauker alternative calker alternative caulkers plural cauker alternative calker alternative

词汇关系

相关词
caulking

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English caulk
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English caulker
From caulk + -er.
词源 2
From Latin calcāria (lime kiln).
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