The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Mallet

Sea Terms

A caulking mallet is a wooden maul with a short handle, and a long head, iron bound.

A serving mallet is a wooden maul with a groove cut lengthwise in the top of the head so as to fit into a rope when the latter is being served.

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