also: まきはだ
caulking; oakum
Nautical term for material used to seal seams in wooden ships. Rare in everyday Japanese.
The shipwright used oakum to fill the gaps in the ship.
Standard kanji spelling for this nautical term.
Alternate kanji form; also read まきはだ.
Rare reading variant of 槙肌.
Rare kanji form.
The origin is uncertain; the kanji 槇 (Chinese juniper) and 皮 (bark) suggest a material originally made from bark fibers.