† ˈgammet
? = grummet2.
| 1778 Foord in Trans. Soc. Arts (1784) II. 215, I still fix the line to the Harpoon..with the addition of what I call a Snap Gammet, which Gammet is made of rattlin line, traverses in the Harpoon, next the breech, and is sized to the line about two feet from the end or noose, with about eight turns of Whale line yarn; which Gammet or sizeing, puts the line in motion, and breaks, but does not hurt the line. |