lasket Naut.
(ˈlɑːskɪt, ˈlæs-)
[Perh. an alteration, after gasket, of F. lacet (see latchet) which is used in the same sense.]
One of the loops or rings of cord by which a bonnet is attached to the foot of a sail.
| 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn., Laskets or Latches, are small Lines like Loops, fastned by sowing into the Bonnets and Drablers of a Ship; in order to lace the Bonnets to the Courses, or the Drablers to the Bonnets. 1721 in Bailey. 1867 in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. |