calk
to provide with calks.
to injure with a calk.
Origin of calk
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How to use calk in a sentence
Splinters flew where the sharp calks bit into the wharf planking, and his companions applauded.
Big Timber | Bertrand W. SinclairBut her sharpened calks gave her a grip on the frozen snow that the wise mare quickly understood.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp | Alice B. EmersonHer calks threw bits of ice-crust behind her, and she never slipped nor slid.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp | Alice B. EmersonSharp shoe-calks afford a means of infliction of penetrant wounds which may occasion open joint and infectious arthritis.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixThe heel is raised by means of a shoe with moderately high heel calks.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
British Dictionary definitions for calk (1 of 3)
/ (kɔːk) /
a variant spelling of caulk
British Dictionary definitions for calk (2 of 3)
calkin (ˈkɔːkɪn, ˈkæl-)
/ (kɔːk) /
a metal projection on a horse's shoe to prevent slipping
mainly US and Canadian a set of spikes or a spiked plate attached to the sole of a boot, esp by loggers, to prevent slipping
to provide with calks
to wound with a calk
Origin of calk
2British Dictionary definitions for calk (3 of 3)
/ (kɔːk) /
(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
Origin of calk
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