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/gˈæskət/ Listen

noun

Gasket n.

(Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

(Mech.)

(a)

The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.

(b)

Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids.

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Etymology of 'Gasket'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gasket" Quotes from Famous Books

... dizzily on the slippery footropes, shouting for hold and gasket, we fought the struggling wind-possessed monster, and again the leach was passed along the yard. A turn of the gasket would have held it, but even the leading hands at the bunt were as weak and breathless as ourselves. The squall caught at an open lug, and again the sail bellied ...

— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone