beckets

Noun

becket (plural beckets)

1. A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The clevis of a pulley block.
5. An eye in the end of a rope.
6. (slang) 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

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