calk

calk¹ (kôk)

1. A pointed extension on the toe or heels of a horseshoe, designed to prevent slipping.

2. A spiked plate fixed on the bottom of a shoe to prevent slipping and preserve the sole.

[Probably back-formation from obsolete calkin, from Middle English kakun, possibly from Middle Dutch kalkoen, hoof, or from Old French calcain, heel (Middle Dutch, from Old French), from Latin calcneum, heel bone; see calcaneus.]

calk v.

calk² (kôk)

Variant of caulk.

calk¹

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a variant spelling of caulk

calk², calkin [ˈkɔːkɪn ˈkæl-]

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a metal projection on a horse's shoe to prevent slipping

2. Chiefly US and Canadian a set of spikes or a spiked plate attached to the sole of a boot, esp by loggers, to prevent slipping

vb (tr)

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to provide with calks

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to wound with a calk

[from Latin calx heel]

calk³

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (tr) to transfer (a design) by tracing it with a blunt point from one sheet backed with loosely fixed colouring matter onto another placed underneath

[from French calquer to trace; see calque]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	calk - a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping calkin cleat - a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
Verb	1.	calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes" animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	calk - seal with caulking; "caulk the window" caulk seal, seal off - make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"
	3.	calk - injure with a calk injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to

Translations

calk¹

vt → mit Stollen versehen; shoe also → mit Nägeln beschlagen

n → Stollen m; (on shoe also) → Nagel m

calk²

vt drawing, design → durchpausen

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However, in the mean time it had transpired that the men employed to calk the raft had found that the leak was not a leak at all, but only a crack between the logs--a crack that belonged there, and was not dangerous, but had been magnified into a leak by the disordered imagination of the mate.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

The Indians having crossed back again to the north side, order was restored, some of the hands were sent back for the oars, others set to work to calk and launch the canoes, and in a little while all were embarked and were continuing their voyage along the southern shore.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

And many hours more, day by day, he dragged himself around it, lying on his side to calk the gaping seams with moss.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

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