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 Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
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 Henry Morley
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 J.R. Wells
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 Joshua Rose
There was also one grummet of round-shot at every gun, besides the racks being filled.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by James Fenimore Cooper
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