CORK (2)

cork (2). Cork, v.t. to stop with a cork, to form sharp points, or shoe with points

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Cork, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (kôrkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.] 1. 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
2. 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. Bp. Hall. ☞ To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.