gasket
gasket definition
gas·ket (gas′kit)
noun
- a piece or ring of rubber, metal, paper, etc. placed at a joint to make it leakproof
- 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.
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