cauking, caulking, vbl. n. Archit. and Carpentry.
(ˈkɔːkɪŋ)
Also cocking.
[Cf. cock v.2, cocket.]
| 1721–42 Bailey, Cauking, in Architecture, signifies Dovetailing a Cross [1782–90 a-cross]. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 506 Cauking (Joinery), a dovetail, tenon, and mortise-joint by which cross-timbers are secured together. Used for fitting down tie-beams or other timbers upon wall-plates. 1876 Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Caulking or Cocking, the mode of fixing the tie-beams of a roof or the binding joists of a floor down to the wall-plates. |