1721–42. Bailey, Cauking, in Architecture, signifies Dovetailing a Cross [1782–90 a-cross].
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 506. Cauking (Joinery), a dovetail, tenon, and mortise-joint by which cross-timbers are secured together. Used for fitting down tie-beams or other timbers upon wall-plates.
1876. Gwilt, Archit., Gloss., Caulking or Cocking, the mode of fixing the tie-beams of a roof or the binding joists of a floor down to the wall-plates.
