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Webster 1913 Edition
Gasket
Gas′ket
,Noun.
[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
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gasket
GAS'KET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gasket
gasket
English
Noun
gasket (plural gaskets)
- Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
- A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration.
- 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.
Translations
mechanical seal
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See also
Northern Sami
Verb
gasket
- inflection of gaskit:
- third-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular past indicative
- second-person plural imperative