Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
grummet

more about grummet

grummet


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Grommet  \Grom"met\,  n.  [F.  gourmette  curb,  curb  chain,  fr 
  gourmer  to  curb,  thump,  beat  cf  Armor.  gromm  a  curb,  gromma 
  to  curb.] 
  1.  A  ring  formed  by  twisting  on  itself  a  single  strand  of  an 
  unlaid  rope;  also  a  metallic  eyelet  in  or  for  a  sail  or  a 
  mailbag.  Sometimes  written  {grummet}. 
 
  2.  (Mil.)  A  ring  of  rope  used  as  a  wad  to  hold  a  cannon  ball 
  in  place 




more about grummet