gummetn.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌmᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈɡəmət/

Forms: 1700s–1800s gammet, 1800s– gummet.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of grummet n.² Perhaps compare the occurrence of other reduced forms in nautical language (e.g. bosun n., fo'c'sle, variant of forecastle n.).

Originally Nautical. Now rare.

= grummet n.² (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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 > ring of rope for tying gasket to

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1778 H. Foord Let. 31 Oct. in Trans. Soc. Arts (1784) 2 215 I..fix the line to the Harpoon..with the addition of what I call a Snap Gammet, which Gammet is made of rattlin line, traverses in the Harpoon, next the breech, and is sized to the line about two feet from the end or noose, with about eight turns of Whale line yarn; which Gammet or sizeing, puts the line in motion, and breaks, but does not hurt the line.

1818 P.-G. Gicquel-des-Touches Traité des Manoeuvres 204 Bagues de foc, de voile d'étai, grommets, gummets.

1851 Mechanics' Mag. 13 Dec. 473/1 To row single-banked oars or paddles of fir,..pulled from a pin and gummett.

1884 T. Geering Our Parish 170 A lady..was saved by means of a grating or open hatch, slung by gammets to a hawser.

1916 Federal Reporter 228 112 The head of the dolly is of a diameter sufficient to cover the coffer-dam to its outside periphery and is only separated from the coffer-dam by a rope ring or ‘gummet’.

1920 Storage Catal. (U.S. Signal Corps) 638 Tent,..made of 7¼-ounce olive-drab Army duck..equipped with iron slides, brass gummets, and stake ropes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gummet
释义	gummetn. Brit. /ˈɡʌmᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡəmət/ Forms: 1700s–1800s gammet, 1800s– gummet. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Apparently a variant of grummet n.² Perhaps compare the occurrence of other reduced forms in nautical language (e.g. bosun n., fo'c'sle, variant of forecastle n.). Originally Nautical. Now rare. = grummet n.² (in various senses). ΘΚΠ 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 > ring of rope for tying gasket to grummet1626 gummet1778 1778 H. Foord Let. 31 Oct. in Trans. Soc. Arts (1784) 2 215 I..fix the line to the Harpoon..with the addition of what I call a Snap Gammet, which Gammet is made of rattlin line, traverses in the Harpoon, next the breech, and is sized to the line about two feet from the end or noose, with about eight turns of Whale line yarn; which Gammet or sizeing, puts the line in motion, and breaks, but does not hurt the line. 1818 P.-G. Gicquel-des-Touches Traité des Manoeuvres 204 Bagues de foc, de voile d'étai, grommets, gummets. 1851 Mechanics' Mag. 13 Dec. 473/1 To row single-banked oars or paddles of fir,..pulled from a pin and gummett. 1884 T. Geering Our Parish 170 A lady..was saved by means of a grating or open hatch, slung by gammets to a hawser. 1916 Federal Reporter 228 112 The head of the dolly is of a diameter sufficient to cover the coffer-dam to its outside periphery and is only separated from the coffer-dam by a rope ring or ‘gummet’. 1920 Storage Catal. (U.S. Signal Corps) 638 Tent,..made of 7¼-ounce olive-drab Army duck..equipped with iron slides, brass gummets, and stake ropes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778
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