gasket

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.

   We might mount a machine-gun in each quadrant, shooting X-plosive bullets, through pressure gaskets in the walls.

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Simplified etymology

Gasket originally meant a cord used to secure a furled sail to a sailing ship’s yard. It may come from French garcette, “thin rope,” though this origin is uncertain; the mechanical sense of a flat sealing ring dates from the early 19th century.

Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon.

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