Gasket
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.
The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.
Any ring or washer of packing.
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Gasket Translations
gasket in French is joint
gasket in German is Dichtungsring
gasket in Norwegian is pakning
gasket in Swedish is packning
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