oakum
Kelime Anlamı :

1. üstüpü.
2. kalafat üstüpüsü.
3. kalafat ipi.
4. halat kıtığı.
5. katranlı üstüpü.
6. (isim) üstüpü.
7. black oakum katranlı üstüpü.
Tanımlar :
1. loose hemp or jute fiber, sometimes treated with tar, creosote, or asphalt, used chiefly for caulking seams in wooden ships and packing pipe joints.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
2. the coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the coarse part separated from flax or hemp in hackling; tow.
2. junk or old ropes untwisted, and picked into loose fibers resembling tow: used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. that made from untarred ropes is called white oakum.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.