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gasket

[gas-kit]

noun

  1. a rubber, metal, or rope ring, for packing a piston or placing around a joint to make it watertight.

  2. Nautical.any of a number of light lines for securing a furled sail to a boom, gaff, or yard.



gasket

/ ˈɡæɪ /

noun

  1. a compressible packing piece of paper, rubber, asbestos, etc, sandwiched between the faces or flanges of a joint to provide a seal

  2. nautical a piece of line used as a sail stop

  3. slangto burst out in anger

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gasket1

1615–25; perhaps < French garcette a plait of rope
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gasket1

C17 (in the sense: rope lashing a furled sail): probably from French garcette rope's end, literally: little girl, from Old French garce girl, feminine of gars boy, servant
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Idioms and Phrases

see under blow a fuse.
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Other orders noted oil leaks or problems with head gaskets.

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Another was out of service due to a blown head gasket.

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Dad would blow a gasket if he knew I was considering using it, but I’m outta options here.

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Food safety experts and federal agencies use the terms “extraneous” or “foreign” materials to describe things like metal fragments, rubber gaskets and bits of bugs that somehow make it into packaged goods.

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Whelton described a scenario in which pressure drops could lead to contaminated water backing up, sucking in smoke, soot, ash and vapors that penetrate plastics, gaskets and other materials to create a future problem.

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