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Definition of Grummet
1. Noun. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
Generic synonyms: Fastener, Fastening, Fixing, Holdfast
Derivative terms: Eye, Loop
Definition of Grummet
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of grommet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grummet
1. to grommet [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: grommet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grummet
Literary usage of Grummet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"Where's that grummet? Boatswain's mates, out with your colts and lay them over
the shoulders of any man that shirks his duty : keep a sharp eye on the ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"Take care of yourself, Joseph grummet; I do advise you to take care of yourself.
... At this proposition Joseph grummet shuffled about, not at all at his ..."
3. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
"repeated grummet. " Why, Mr. Amsden had the whole floor put down new only three
... Ben grummet had a curiosity to see what was going on in Walton's barn, ..."
4. A Year-book of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for 1862 by New Sydenham Society (1862)
"Hydrocephalus in a child five months old; 1800 grummet of the base of the Lungs
only; Gangrene of one Lung, Brit. Med. Journ., June i, 1861, p. 575. ..."
5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"grummet, my man, I am afraid this will turn out a bad one for you. ... 80 Joseph
grummet went and expanded his flippers before the eyes of the surgeon. ..."
6. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1896)
"Sometimes a metal washer is used between the back nut and grummet, which prevents
the grummet being cut by the turning of the back nut. I, J, Fig. ..."
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