grommet
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
grommet (plural grommets)
- A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
- (nautical) A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
- (flags) An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
- (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder
or snowboarder. - What do you over the pond skaterboarders
[ sic] say? Is there a global term to be used to label someone as a skateboarder? Does it matter? I suppose the only one you can apply widely is ‘grommet’.
- What do you over the pond skaterboarders
- A boy serving on a ship.
- French: œillet renforçé, manchon, passe-câble (electricity), presse-étoupe
- German: Grommet, Durchführungstülle, Augenring, Öse, Tülle, Ringkausch, Kausch
- Italian: boccola, occhiello, passacavo
- Russian: люверс
- Spanish: ojal, ollao reforzado, estrobo
grommet (grommets, present participle grommeting; past and past participle grommeted)
- (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
- (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
- (intransitive) To apply grommets.
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