gasket

Meanings

Noun

• A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
• 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.

Verb

• To fit a gasket
• To seal wth a gasket

Origin

• Perhaps from Middle French garcette, from Old French garce, feminization of garçon.