grummet
Americannoun
noun
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He had brought a long piece of rope, which he formed into a large grummet, or hoop, round the tree.
From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Archaic spellings such as "grummet," "develope," and "fryingpan" were retained.
From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan
Also, a grummet either of rope or iron, fixed to the bottom of a block, for making fast the standing end of the fall.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Beneath the flange of each disc, a grummet of spun yarn and white lead is placed, so as to make a steam tight joint when the nuts are screwed home.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The moment the animal drags at the bait the grummet slips off the peg, bringing with it the line that held up the door, and this falling down closes the trap and secures him.
From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Morley, Henry
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