meaking ironn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːkɪŋ ˌʌɪən/, U.S.

/ˈmikɪŋ ˌaɪ(ə)rn/

Forms: 1800s meeking iron, 1800s– meaking iron.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, iron n.¹

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps < meak n. + -ing suffix¹, or perhaps a variant of making n.¹) + iron n.¹; compare making-iron n. at making n.¹ Compounds 1.

Shipbuilding. Now rare.

A tool used in removing oakum from seams (see quot. 1867). N.E.D. (1906) also states ‘According to information supplied by Mr. G. Crocker, of H. M. Dockyard, Devonport, the term is now often misapplied to the making-iron’ (making-iron n. at making n.¹ Compounds 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > caulking seams > tools

chinsing-iron1508

caulker1543

reef hook1617

caulking-iron1627

caulking-mallet1627

horse-iron1750

rave-hook1780

meaking iron1853

sharp-iron1887

1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 613/1 Two men, one of whom holds..the meeking or making iron to the caulked seam, while the other man drives it in with the beetle.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Meaking iron, the tool used by caulkers to run old oakum out of the seams before inserting new.

1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 358 Meaking iron, an instrument used to extract old caulking from seams.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meaking iron
释义	meaking ironn. Brit. /ˈmiːkɪŋ ˌʌɪən/, U.S. /ˈmikɪŋ ˌaɪ(ə)rn/ Forms: 1800s meeking iron, 1800s– meaking iron. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, iron n.¹ Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps < meak n. + -ing suffix¹, or perhaps a variant of making n.¹) + iron n.¹; compare making-iron n. at making n.¹ Compounds 1. Shipbuilding. Now rare. A tool used in removing oakum from seams (see quot. 1867). N.E.D. (1906) also states ‘According to information supplied by Mr. G. Crocker, of H. M. Dockyard, Devonport, the term is now often misapplied to the making-iron’ (making-iron n. at making n.¹ Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > caulking seams > tools chinsing-iron1508 caulker1543 reef hook1617 caulking-iron1627 caulking-mallet1627 horse-iron1750 rave-hook1780 meaking iron1853 sharp-iron1887 1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 613/1 Two men, one of whom holds..the meeking or making iron to the caulked seam, while the other man drives it in with the beetle. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Meaking iron, the tool used by caulkers to run old oakum out of the seams before inserting new. 1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 358 Meaking iron, an instrument used to extract old caulking from seams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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