English
gasket
Gasket may come from Middle French garcette.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garcetteuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1985gasket
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garcetteuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1985gasket
Earliest quotation: 1985, Ron Sessions, The Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 Handbook: “Three major types of oil-pan gaskets are available: cork/…”
Every English word from Middle French garcette
Today it means
noun A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French garcette / gasket