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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

garcette

, It.

gaschetta

, Sp.

cajeta

caburn,

garceta

reef point.]

(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.

Noun.

A plaited cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship,and used to furl or tie the sail to the yard.