Examples of “oakum” in a Sentence

noun Fibers pulled from old rope, used to fill gaps in wooden ships, walls and pipes, and sometimes to dress wounds.

• My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell. — Peter Ackroyd, 4 October 1900 (1983)
• Shingle Tiles make a Leak-Proof roof without the use of cements and spun oakums. — “The Murray Roofing Tile Company”, The Murray Roofing Tile Company (1912)
• Earlier that morning he had gotten the oakum ready for the deck, soaking the hemp in pine tar. — Yaa Gyasi, Kojo (2016)