Crossword-Solution: GROMMET
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Grommet | n. | A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet. |
| Grommet | n. | A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “GROMMET”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Metal eyelet | 1 answer |
| Plastic ring reinforcing an eyelet | 1 answer |
| Washer or eyelet | 1 answer |
| Tarp feature | 1 answer |
| Reinforcing eyelet | 1 answer |
| RING in sail | 1 answer |
| Metal eyelet in a sail. | 1 answer |
| Hole reinforcer | 1 answer |
| Eyelet reinforcement | 1 answer |
| Eyelet in a tarp | 1 answer |
| ELECTRICAL conductor passing through hole in metal etc., insulating washer placed round an | 2 answers |
| stiffening ring | 2 answers |
| grummet | 3 answers |
| rowlock | 4 answers |
| Washer | 7 answers |
| eyelet | 7 answers |
| Wad | 27 answers |
| Fastening | 34 answers |
| Fastener | 56 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with GROMMET (5)
When they were drawn up in lines according to rank, the whole ship's company, from the lieutenants and master's mates down to the grommet and the boy; the captain, pale as death but in a firm voice, gave the word of command at which, with one volley of muskets, the souls of those two cravens and traitors were sped into eternity.
The sketch shows longitudinal plan, the method of covering with net, and midship section.] Built very roughly, with half-inch deal, and covered over with a thin coat of white paint, she had a grommet at both bow and stern.
Some makers work an eyelet or put a grommet in the seam; but, in the army-tents which are made of duck, there are two eyelets worked, one on each side of the seam, and a six-thread manilla rope is run through and held in by knotting the ends.
Work an eyelet, or put a grommet, in the doubled cloth of the seam; knot the end of the guy-line to prevent its pulling through: tying the rope makes too bungling a job, and splicing it is too much work.
There is no hook, as in all the other types, to fit the end of the harpoon shaft, but in its stead are two holes, one in the front end of the shaft-groove, between the thumb-groove and the finger-groove, with an ivory eyelet or grommet for a lining, the other at the distal end of the shaft-groove, in the ivory piece which is ingeniously inserted there to form that extremity.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).