calkin

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noun

A calk (on a horseshoe).

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Meanings

calkin1

nouncalkin (plural calkins)

plural calkins · alternative caulken · alternative caulkin

  1. A calk (on a horseshoe).

    Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side, And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride. He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.

    1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West

Calkin2

proper nounCalkin (plural Calkins)

plural Calkins

  1. A surname from Irish.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping

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calk
Broader
cleat
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calk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Variant of Culkin.

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Translations

Czech ozub
  • ozubcalk on a horseshoe
Polish hacel, ocel
  • hacelcalk on a horseshoe
  • ocelcalk on a horseshoe

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Acklin
Cite this entry
APA

calkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calkin

MLA

“calkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calkin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calkin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calkin.

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