Any pitch, any oakum, or anything about the place?
“任何推介、任何 oakum 或关于这个地方的任何东西?
大地的成长(上)
Oakum and pitch—fancy you having it too! —What?
Oakum 和 pitch——你真想拥有它! ——什么?
潘潘
They made many boats, and oars, and the oakum of oak then settled down near the lake.
他们用橡树制了许多船、桨和填塞船缝的填絮并且在湖边定居下来。
雾都孤儿(原版)
'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock, ' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
“所以你明天早上六点开始采摘橡树,”穿白色背心的那个脾气暴躁的人补充道。
白鲸记
The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter caulking its seams; the string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the bosom of his frock.
Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used in shipbuilding for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships, as well as cast iron pipe plumbing applications. Oakum was at one time recycled from old tarry ropes and cordage, which were painstakingly unravelled and taken apart into fibre. This task of picking and preparation was a common penal occupation in prisons and workhouses.