英语词汇gasket的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gasket
词源	gasket [E17th] A gasket was at first a cord securing a furled sail to the yard of a sailing ship. It may come from French garcette ‘thin rope’, but this is uncertain. The term for a flat ring used as a seal in an engine dates from the early 19th century.
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