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Webster 1913 Edition


Gasket

Gas′ket

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
garcette
, It.
gaschetta
, Sp.
cajeta
caburn,
garceta
reef point.]
1.
(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
.
2.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gasket

GAS'KET

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

Definition 2024


gasket

gasket

English

Noun

gasket (plural gaskets)

  1. Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
  2. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration.
  3. 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.

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Northern Sami

Verb

gasket

  1. inflection of gaskit:
    1. third-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular past indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative