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
A grummet is a washer made of twisted hemp, cotton, or other material, and coated with red-lead putty, and is placed beneath the heads of bolts, or under washers placed beneath nuts to stop leaks.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
This he twisted into a huge grummet round the tree, leaving space enough for his own body to get in also.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
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