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gas·ket

(găs′kĭt)

1. 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.

2. Nautical A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard, boom, or gaff.

[Perhaps alteration of French garcette, small cord, diminutive of garce, girl, from Old French, feminine of gars, boy, soldier; see garçon.]

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gasket

(ˈɡæskɪt)

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

2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a piece of line used as a sail stop

3. blow a gasket slang to burst out in anger

[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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gas•ket

(ˈgæs kɪt)

n.

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

2. a light line for securing a furled sail to a boom, gaff, or yard.

[1615–25; perhaps < French garcette a plait of rope]

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Noun

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

head gasket - a gasket to seal a cylinder head

O ring - a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure

seal - fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

Translations

سِدَادَة

těsnění

pakning

tiiviste

brtvilo

ガスケット

개스킷

blīve

packning

วงแหวนอัดลูกสูบ

conta

miếng đệm

垫圈

gasket

[ˈgæskɪt] N (Tech) → junta f

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gasket

[ˈgæskɪt] n → joint m de culassegas lamp n → lampe f à gaz

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gasket

n (Tech) → Dichtung f

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gasket

[ˈgæskɪt] n (Tech) → guarnizione f

gasket

→ سِدَادَة těsnění pakning Dichtung τσιμούχα junta tiiviste joint brtvilo guarnizione ガスケット 개스킷 pakking pakning uszczelka vedação, vedante прокладка packning วงแหวนอัดลูกสูบ conta miếng đệm 垫圈

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Billy could hear them throwing down the halyards, casting off gaskets, and heaving the anchor short on the tiny winch.

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From aloft we could not see the ship for smoke, and they worked carefully, passing the gaskets with even turns.

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