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
造句
用作名詞(n.)
He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning. 睡著的時候，他聞到甲板上柏油和填絮的味道，還聞到早晨陸地上風送來的非洲氣息。
常用短語
My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.
出自：P. Ackroyd
近義反義詞
oak
Oak veneer
oak forest
oak apples
oak panels
oakleather
Oakie Jack
oak barrel
oak sleeper
oak extract
Oakland A\\\'s