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Look up: Gasket


  1. Gasket
    In building, a gasket is the term given to any resilient material used in a joint to prevent leakage. In a door or door frame a strip of resilient material used to provide a tight seal between the door and its frame is known as a gasket.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TG.HTM

  2. Gasket
    In nautical terms a gasket is a piece of line used as a sail stop, that is a cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship, and used to furl or tie up the sail firmly to the yard by wrapping round both.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RG.HTM

  3. Gasket
    [sailing] In sailing, gaskets are lengths of rope or fabric used to hold a stowed sail in place. In modern use, the term is usually restricted to square-rigged ships, the equivalent items on yachts being referred to by the more prosaic "sail ties". On most ships, gaskets are made of rope. Th...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket_(sailing)

  4. gasket
    [n] - seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=gasket

  5. gasket
    any material (i.e., paper, cork, asbestos, or rubber) used to seal two essentially stationary surfaces.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  6. Gasket
    A gasket is a flexible strip of material that seals the space between two components to prevent leakage of a gas or fluid between the two objects. There are a further two types of gaskets, rubber gaskets and metal gaskets, which are used to seal varies industry parts from refrigerator doors to part...
    Found op http://www.designbuild-network.com/glossary/gasket.html

  7. Gasket
    Gas'ket noun [ Confer French garcette , Italian gaschetta , Spanish cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Nautical) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines;
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/11

  8. gasket
    1. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. ... 2. <mechanics> The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. Any ring or washer of packing. ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?gasket



  1. gasket
    noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gasket

  2. Gasket
    • (n.) Any ring or washer of packing. • (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. • (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gasket/

  3. Gasket
    A neoprene rubber material of precise size to fit the 3/8' aluminum groove half of STAR CASE's tongue and groove valance. This provides for better environmental isolation at the critical closure points of the case.
    Found op http://www.starcase.com/glossary.html

  4. Gasket
    Used between two static surfaces to provide a seal. Made from a variety of deformable materials.
    Found op http://www.mcnallyinstitute.com/Charts/Glossary-html/Glossary_G.html

  5. Gasket
    A gasket is a compressible packing piece of paper, rubber, asbestos, or other material, sandwiched between the faces of a metal joint to provide a seal.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GG.HTM

  6. gasket
    A loop of line as used to tie up furled sails.
    Found op http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-terms.html

  7. Gasket
    [disambiguation] A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two mating surfaces. Gasket may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket_(disambiguation)

  8. gasket
    1) Blow it and you see red 2) Engineering ring 3) Joint seal 4) O-ring, e.g. 5) Packing ring 6) Rubber ring 7) Seal 8) Sealing ring 9) This might be blown, figuratively 10) Type of seal
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/gasket/1

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