Gasket

['gæskɪt] or ['ɡæskɪt]

Definition

(noun.) seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

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

(n.) Any ring or washer of packing.

Checker: Wendy

Definition

n. (naut.) a canvas band used to bind the sails to the yards when furled: a strip of tow &c. for packing a piston &c.—Also Gas′kin.

Typed by Gwendolyn