meaning of 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. The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.
3. Any ring or washer of packing.
4. seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
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