Term: Calking-iron (logging)
Definition:
A wooden or iron bar used for driving moss or oakum into the cracks between the logs of a building to keep out the cold. Same as calking-bar. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
View pictures relating to logging at Wisconsin Historical Images.
[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956).]
