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Definitions of oakum in various dictionaries:
noun - loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes
Loose hemp or jute fiber, sometimes treated with tar, creosote, or asphalt, used chiefly for caulking seams in wooden ships and packing pipe joints.
noun - loosely twisted hemp fiber
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| Loose hemp or jute fiber, sometimes treated with tar, creosote, or asphalt, used chiefly for caulking seams in wooden ships and packing pipe joints. |
| loose fibre obtained by untwisting old rope, used especially in caulking wooden ships. |
| 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 |
| Loose fibre obtained by untwisting old rope, used especially in caulking wooden ships. |
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| Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships; in plumbing, for sealing joints in cast iron pipe; and in log cabins for chinking. In ship caulking, it was forced between the seams using a hammer and a caulking iron, then sealed into place with hot pitch.Oakum was at one time recycled from old tarry ropes and cordage, which were painstakingly unravelled and taken apart into fibre. This task of picking and preparation was a common occupation in prisons and workhouses, where the old and infirm were often put to work unpicking oakum when they could no longer perform heavier labour. Sailors undergoing naval punishment were also frequently sentenced to unpick oakum, with each man made to unpick 1 pound (450 g) of oakum a day. The work was tedious, slow and taxing on the worker's thumbs and fingers.In modern times, th |