oakum

oakum englannista suomeksi

1. tilke

0. Substantiivi

1. rive

oakum englanniksi

1. A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.

2. (quote-book)

3. The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.

4. 1983, Peter Ackroyd, ''The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde'':

My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.