A gasket is a flat piece of soft material that you put between two joined surfaces in a pipe or engine in order to make sure that gas and oil cannot escape.
gasket in British English
(ˈɡæskɪt)
noun
1.
a compressible packing piece of paper, rubber, asbestos, etc, sandwiched between the faces or flanges of a joint to provide a seal
2. nautical
a piece of line used as a sail stop
3. blow a gasket
Word origin
C17 (in the sense: rope lashing a furled sail): probably from French garcette rope's end, literally: little girl, from Old French garce girl, feminine of gars boy, servant
gasket in American English
(ˈgæskɪt)
noun
1.
a piece or ring of rubber, metal, paper, etc. placed at a joint to make it leakproof
2. Nautical
a length of rope or canvas for securing a furled sail to a yard or boom
Idioms:
blow a gasket
Word origin
prob. altered < Fr garcette < OFr garcete, small cord, orig., little girl, dim. of garce, fem. of gars, boy < ML *warkjone < Frank *wrakjo, mercenary soldier; akin to OE wrecca, wretch
gasket in Automotive Engineering
(gæskɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) gaskets
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Engine, transmission, and exhaust)
A gasket is a flat piece of soft material that you put between two joined surfaces in a pipeor engine in order to make sure that gas and oil cannot escape.
Lubrication oil was spraying from a leaking gasket.
His car blew a gasket just a few laps into the race.
When an engine is rebuilt or replaced, or when the oil pan gasket is leaking, install a fresh one under the oil pan.
gasket in Mechanical Engineering
(gæskɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) gaskets
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Machinery and components)
A gasket is a piece of paper, rubber, or other material that can be pressed between the faces or flanges of a joint to provide a seal.
Pipe and fittings are bolted together by flanges with a gasket sandwiched between them to provide an airtight joint.
A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects, usually to preventleakage between the two objects while under compression.
A gasket is a piece of paper, rubber, or other material that can be pressed between the facesor flanges of a joint to provide a seal.
Examples of 'gasket' in a sentence
gasket
The big door swung heavily inward behind them, wheezed against its sealing gasket, and clacked shut.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY (2002)
I don't have a new gasket but I bought some goo that's supposed to turn into a gasket.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
But I looked along the edge of the plastic and saw a rubber gasket where the back fitted against the device.
Michael Crichton PREY (2002)
In other languages
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British English: gasket /ˈɡæskɪt/ NOUN
A gasket is a flat piece of soft material that you put between two joined surfaces in a pipe or engine in order to make sure that gas and oil cannot escape.