Having a cork or stopper in place, typically referring to a bottle. The wine bottle was corked, ensuring its contents remained fresh.
Tainted with a musty or moldy smell or taste due to a faulty cork, often used in reference to wine. The sommelier apologized for the corked wine and offered to bring a new bottle.
Illegally hollowed out and filled with cork or another lightweight material to gain an unfair advantage, especially said of a baseball bat. The slugger was ejected for using a corked bat during the game.