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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to cauk, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".
Noun
coak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)
- A wooden dowel.
- (nautical) the brass bearing in the sheave of a block
Verb
coak (third-person singular simple present coaks, present participle coaking, simple past and past participle coaked)
- To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia:The orlop clamps and shelfpieces are then worked, and the beams and half beams placed thereon, these are coaked and bolted thereto […]
Etymology 2
Noun
coak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)
- Obsolete spelling of coke (coal fuel)
References
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1788, Robert Wilson, The Seaman's Manual, page 25:CAUKING or CALKING of a Ship, driving in oakum into the seams or between the planks, to prevent a ship's leaking.