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gasket definition

gas·ket (gas′kit)

noun

  1. a piece or ring of rubber, metal, paper, etc. placed at a joint to make it leakproof
  2. Naut. a length of rope or canvas for securing a furled sail to a yard or boom

Etymology: prob. altered < Fr garcette < OFr garcete, small cord, orig., little girl, dim. of garce, fem. of gars, boy < ML *warkjone < Frank *wrakjo, mercenary soldier; akin to OE wrecca, wretch

gasket Idioms

blow a gasket

Slang to become enraged

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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