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gasket

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gas·ket  (gskt)
n.
1. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.
2. Nautical A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard boom or gaff.
[Perhaps alteration of French garcette, small cord, diminutive of garce, girl, from Old French, feminine of gars, boy, soldier; see garçon.]
gasket
Noun
a piece of paper, rubber, or metal sandwiched between the faces of a metal joint to provide a seal [probably from French garcette rope's end]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gasketgasket - seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
head gasket - a gasket to seal a cylinder head
O ring - a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure
seal - fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
Translations
gasket [ˈgæskɪt] n (AUT) → junta
gasket [ˈgæskɪt] n (Aut) → joint m de culasse
gasket [ˈgæskɪt] n → Dichtung f
gasket [ˈgæskɪt] n (AUT) → guarnizione f


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Three hours more were required to gasket the mainsail and jib, and at two in the morning, nearly dead, the life almost buffeted and worked out of me, I had barely sufficient consciousness to know the experiment was a success.
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The next instant, to the perplexity and consternation of the owner, Charley was on top of Big Alec in the cockpit, and I was helping bind him with gaskets.
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