What is (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of packing called?
gasket — (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of packing. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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