Oakum

Oakum tarred hemp or manila fibers made from old and condemned ropes which have been picked apart. They were used for caulking the seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.

Oakum - Material used for caulking hulls. Often hemp picked from old untwisted ropes.
Oilskin Foul-weather gear worn by sailors.
Oreboat -Great Lakes Term for a vessel primarily used in the transport of iron ore.

Oakum - A material made of tarred hemp or manila rope fibers, used for caulking seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.
Oar - A pole with a blade at the end used to row a rowboat.

oakum
Old hemp or jute fiber, loosely twisted and impregnated with tar or a tar derivative, used to caulk sides and decks of ships and to pack joints of pipes and caissons. (back)
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OAKUM - Old ropes untwisted for caulking the seams of ships.
ORLOP - Lowest deck in a ship having four or more decks.
OUTRIGGER - Spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast.

--O-- OAKUM A substance made from soft vegetable fibre such as hemp and jute impregnated with pine tar.

OAKUM - Caulking material made from rope junk, old rope, and rope scraps; it was unwound, picked apart, and the fibers were rolled and soaked in pitch before being driven into the planking seams.
OUTBOARD - Toward or beyond the boat's sides.

Caulking -- Driving oakum into the seams of a vessel with a mallet and a blunt chisel called a caulking iron.
Clews -- The lower corners of square sails; the lower after-corners of fore-and-aft sails.

Calk to fill wooden vessel seams with oakum and cotton using caulking irons and hammer
Caulking- Material used to seal the seams in a wooden vessel, making it watertigh.

CAULK To seal the seams of a vessel with oakum and tar. CHAFING GEAR Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface. CHART A map for use by navigators.

Caulking: Forcing material such as oakum into the seams of planks on a deck or a boats sides to make them watertight.
Celestial Navigation: To calculate your position using time and the position of celestial bodies.

caulking - Driving oakum into the seams of a vessel. Modern caulking is made of synthetic plastics.
caulking iron - A kind of blunt chisel used for driving oakum into the seams.

Chinch:
The operation of pressing oakum into a seam as a temporary measure until the seam can be properly caulked.
Chine:
The angle of intersection between the topsides and the bottom of a boat. In a hard:chined boat this angle is pronounced.

Caulk To fill the side or deck seams with oakum or cotton to prevent leaking.

Vegetable oil mixed with one half fish oil and one-tenth weight of tow or oakum, is recommended.