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.

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

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