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Definition of Beckets
1. becket [n] - See also: becket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckets
Literary usage of Beckets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A manual for naval cadets by John McNeill Boyd (1860)
"Many sails have latterly been fitted with beckets in lieu of points, the points
being secured to the yard. These beckets are differently formed. (Fig. 196. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The beckets in the Australian Museum are from six to thirteen inches long and
are of plaited cord, with an " eye " at one end and an " overhand " knot, ..."
3. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1866)
"These purchases are called c beckets,' or ... or beckets were equal in quantity
and price to the amount ordinarily used for lining the summer robes of a ..."
4. The Naval Howitzer Ashore by Foxhall Alexander Parker (1865)
"At this order 3 places cover on sponge, and beckets it on the right side of the
trail; 4 beckets spare sponge and ladle on the left side of trail ..."
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