lasketn.
/ˈlɑːskɪt//ˈlaskɪt/ Nautical.
One of the loops or rings of cord by which a bonnet is attached to the foot of a sail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > loop for attaching bonnet to sail
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Laskets or Latches, are small Lines like Loops, fastned by sowing into the Bonnets and Drablers of a Ship; in order to lace the Bonnets to the Courses, or the Drablers to the Bonnets.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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