becket
/ˈbɛkɪt/
becket noun: a short piece of rope spliced to form a circle.
Noun
becket (plural beckets)
- A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
- A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
- The clevis of a pulley block.
- An eye in the end of a rope.
- A pocket in clothing.
- At the same time, mind, I must have a bit of a frolic occasionally, for that's all the pleasure I has, when I gets a little chink in my becket; and ye know, too, that I don t care much for that stuff, for a dollar goes with me as fur as a gold ounce does with you, when ye put on your grand airs...1855, Henry Augustus Wise, Tales for the Marines, page 121
- A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
- A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
- The tool with which the cesses are dug is called a becket […] It is a wooden spade of a rectangular shape, quite flat, and shod with iron. An iron notch projecting at right angles to the plane of the blade cuts into the peat, and forms the side of the cess. The workman stands above and drives the...1877, Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Geology of the Fenland, page 136
- In the earlier time sods or hassocks were dug with a moorland spade, heart-shaped, but about 1856 a tool eighteen inches long and four inches wide, with an iron flange, called a becket was used […] The becket was first used in Isleham Fen and was of smaller dimensions than that used in Burwell Fen...Frank Meeres (2019), The Story of the Fens
- chough (the bird)
- Cornish choughs, or “beckets”, as they are sometimes known, are seen on Thomas Wolsey’s coat of arms; they are a reference to his namesake, Thomas Becket.
Proper noun capitalized: Becket
Becket
- A surname.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
Forms of becket
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Origin of becket
Compare Dutch bek (“beak”) beak, and English beak.
Words formed from becket
Phrases with becket
Questions about becket
- What does becket mean?
- Becket means a short piece of rope spliced to form a circle.
- What part of speech is becket?
- Becket can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce becket?
- Becket is pronounced /ˈbɛkɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of becket?
- The plural of becket is beckets.
Words near becket in the dictionary
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