gasket

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæs.kɪt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

gasket (plural gaskets)

1. (sailing) A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
2. (mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
   • 1985, Ron Sessions, The Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 Handbook, Penguin, →ISBN, page 12:

     Three major types of oil-pan gaskets are available: cork/ neoprene composition, neoprene and Hypalon Duraprene. Most professionals prefer cork/neoprene gaskets because the oil-pan bolts seem to lose their torque with the others.

3. 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.
4. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

gasket (third-person singular simple present gaskets, present participle gasketing, simple past and past participle gasketed)

1. To fit a gasket
2. To seal wth a gasket

References

Further reading

• gasket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkasːkeh(t)/

Verb

gasket

1. inflection of gaskit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative