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单词 gasket
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gasketn.

Brit. /ˈɡaskᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡæskət/
Forms:

α. 1600s casket, 1600s caskette.

β. 1600s gassit, 1600s– gasket, 1700s gaskett.

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare French garcette woman's hairstyle with plaits (1630, earliest in à la garcette ), braided rope used for securing sails (1636 as garsette ), of uncertain origin; perhaps ultimately the same word as French garcette young woman of low status (c1227 in Old French as garcete ; < garce (see garcion n.) + -ette -ette suffix), but compare also post-classical Latin garceta kind of hairstyle forbidden to Muslims (1301 in a source from Aragon), of unknown origin. Compare Spanish cajeta , †gajeta (1573), Portuguese gaxeta , †gaixeta (1713), both denoting kinds of cordage. Compare also Italian gaschetta (1798, probably < English). Compare gaskin n.2
1. Nautical. A rope, plaited cord, or strip of canvas used to secure a furled sail to a yard or boom.breast-, bunt-, harbour-, sea-gasket: see the first element.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails > for securing furled sail to yard
gasket1620
gaskin1825
1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 10 Your martlines, ropeyarnes, gaskets, and your stayes.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 163/2 Farthel a Sail, is when it is wrapped up close together, and so binds it with the Caskets to the Yard.
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 16 The Lines that are drawn cross the Yards are call'd Rope-bands; they make fast the Sail to the Yard, and Gaskets furl them.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 22 Along the sail, the gasketts are convey'd.
1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. I. 124 A fathom of this gasket-work, being fastened end to end.
1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 264 The broad part of the gasket should be made sufficiently long to secure the sail when furled with two reefs.
1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. x Her rudder was unshipped, her sails were torn from their gaskets.
1925 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn v. 98 A ‘harbour stow’ we gave them, rolling the canvas into a neat skin..and passing the gaskets at regular intervals like seizings.
1957 Life 24 June 43/1 I gave a vicious yank at a gasket and caught Joe Lacey between the eyes with my elbow, nearly knocking Mayflower's most valuable foretopman out of the rigging.
1999 A. B. Davis My Year before Mast xiii. 147 ‘Looks grand!’ I said to Dane Doctor, beside me as we reef-knotted the gaskets.
2. Tow (tow n.1 2a), plaited hemp, or other material soaked in grease, tar, etc., used for packing a piston or caulking a joint; a strip of such material. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > strip of fibre used for packing or caulking
gasket1828
gaskin1860
1828 Repertory Patent Inventions 5 117 Packed pistons (so called from their being fitted with hemp and gasket).
1842 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 304 The joints..were made by ramming in layers of gasket, previously soaked in hot pitch and tallow, then running in the lead.
1859 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Steam Engine (1861) 129 Round the body of the piston is wrapped the packing, consisting either of loose hemp, or of a soft loosely spun hempen rope called gasket, soaked with grease.
1919 Trade Found. iv. 348 The joint is then properly packed with specially prepared packing gaskets, as leather, asbestos, rope, wick packing, hemp, lead rope and rubber.
3. A flat, shaped sheet or ring of rubber, cork, metal composite, or other relatively soft material inserted between adjoining metal surfaces in order to make the joint airtight or watertight; spec. one fitted between the cylinder head and the cylinder block of an internal combustion engine.to blow a gasket: see blow v.1 Additions. head, ring gasket: see the first element.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner
washer1346
gasket1828
babbitting1851
bush1865
hat leather1869
liner1886
space washer1934
O-ring1954
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts
thermo-siphon1834
crank-case1878
manifolda1884
hot tube1889
sump1894
hit-and-miss governor1897
engine pit1903
retard1903
head1904
gasket1915
gravity tank1917
cylinder block1923
transfer case1923
swirl chamber1934
manifolding1938
ignition switch1952
catalytic converter1955
small block1963
cat1988
1828 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2nd Ser. 1 39 A groove, into which a gasket or elastic pad is to be placed, in order to render that joint air-tight when the lid is put on.
1877 W. W. Grier Rural Hydraul. 22 It is constructed similar to the ordinary ram, only having a large gasket of rubber between the ram and air vessel.
1915 Autocar Handbk. (ed. 6) ii. 59 A copper and asbestos gasket is interposed, so that a gas and watertight joint is obtained.
1946 R. F. Kuns & T. C. Plumridge Automobile Engines 46 The cylinder-head gasket, of course, is a specially prepared gasket in all cases, of copper, bronze, and asbestos.
1969 Which? Aug. 229/2 Replace rubber plugs and gaskets [in pressure cookers] if they show signs of age.
1987 Pop. Mech. May 148/1 (advt.) The money you might save buying an off-brand gasket now, could cost you a bundle in as little as 3,500 miles.
2009 USA Today 18 Feb. 6/6 Officials say there have been several attempts to fix the gasket in the 4-inch pipe in the reactor's clean-out system, but all have failed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gasketv.

Brit. /ˈɡaskᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡæskət/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gasket n.
Etymology: < gasket n. With sense 1 compare earlier gasketed adj. and gasketing n.
1. transitive. To fit or seal with a gasket (gasket n. 3); to make (a joint) airtight or watertight using a gasket.
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1891 Papers read before Engin. Soc. School Pract. Sci. Toronto 40 All points [of the sewers] are gasketed and cemented in the most approved manner, the cement used being the very best Portland.
1912 Trans. Amer. Ceramic Soc. 14 183 These openings should be gasketed with thick soft felt.
1937 Sci. News Let. 20 Mar. 187/2 On opposite sides of the cylinder are pairs of arm-size openings, each with a pair of long surgeons' rubber gloves tightly gasketed in.
1968 Amer. Biol. Teacher 30 544/2 Both doors were gasketed and air leaks were eliminated with sealer and putty.
2004 C. Wing How Boat Things Work vii. 170/1 The top cover must be gasketed and latched tightly.
2. transitive. Nautical. To secure (a sail) with gaskets (gasket n. 1).
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > secure sail or yard with lashings, etc.
sling1626
martingale1882
gasket1892
1840 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 9 ii. 1013 Commenced making preparation for a gale of wind by..double gasketting the sails as we furled them.]
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiii. 207 The sails were gasketed and covered..and the decks tidied down.
1914 J. London Mutiny of Elsinore xxviii. 178 The wisps of creatures who..smothered and gasketed the huge spreads of canvas.
1988 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 29 Dec. We were convinced that we were faster and neater when it came to furling and gasketing the sails.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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