Gasket

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [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}.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gasket
       n : seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a
           pipe joint

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasket":
     air hole, armhole, blowhole, bullet-hole, bunghole, cringle,
     deadeye, eye, eyelet, gland, grommet, guide, keyhole, knothole,
     loop, loophole, manhole, mousehole, packing, padding, peephole,
     pigeonhole, pinhole, placket, placket hole, porthole, punch-hole,
     spiracle, stopping, stuffing, tampon, tap, vent, venthole,
     wadding