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Caulking - Marine Use | | Caulking - Marine Use: Encyclopedia II - Caulking - Marine Use | | A traditional method of caulking used oakum, which consists of pieces of untwisted rope soaked in tar. The same effect may be achieved by using a caulking mallet and a chisel-like device called a caulking iron to put double-wound cotton strands into the gaps.
An old term for caulk in a maritime context is paye, and the longest joint on a ship was referred to as “the devil”. It was common for sailors to have to re-caulk this joint as a punishment. This practice gave rise to the terms “time to pay(e) the devil” and “stuck betw ...
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Caulking - Marine Use
A traditional method of caulking used oakum, which consists of pieces of untwisted rope soaked in tar. The same effect may be achieved by using a caulking mallet and a chisel-like device called a caulking iron to put double-wound cotton strands into the gaps.
An old term for caulk in a maritime context is paye, and the longest joint on a ship was referred to as “the devil”. It was common for sailors to have to re-caulk this joint as a punishment. This practice gave rise to the terms “time to pay(e) the devil” and “stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea”.
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