A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural.
The grommet is formed of a single strand of rope five times as long as the circumference of the grommet when complete.
The blocks are fitted round the gaff with grommet straps, and are kept in their places by cleats.
A short piece of rope worked grommet fashion into the bolt-rope of a sail, and containing a metal ring or thimble.
A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole.
A grommet should be made for the mouth, to which three cords may be attached to connect it with the towing-line; that line should be a good stout piece of stuff and capable of bearing a great strain.
With the grommet punch make holes through the canvas just below the broomstick and secure with the grommets.
They are to hold the line which is to pass from iron fitting C through first grommet hole and back until it has passed once through each grommet.
The grommet will be made large enough just to slip over the swell of the muzzle when the bight is over the housing hook-bolt, and the gun is in position for housing.
The grommet thus formed is marled like a selvagee strap, and a section of about an inch is taken out of it, in order to make the wad, when swelled by dampness, enter the bore of the gun readily.
When the housing-bolt is an eye-bolt, a toggle will be necessary to keep the grommet in its place.
This consists of pairs of disks adapted to each calibre of guns, which being placed face to face on a spindle and keyed, present an annular score, grooved in such a way as to make, when filled, a grommet of the requisite size.
Placing a grommet or other wad over elongated projectiles is positively prohibited.
Consists of a grommet made of rope double the size of the gun-tackle falls, with two cringles worked into it for the frapping lashing, which will be of stuff half the size of the tackle-falls.
Where the housing-bolt is an eye-bolt, the grommet is secured to it by means of a toggle which has a lanyard.
The lead line should have a long eye spliced in it, and is secured by passing the eye through the grommet and over the lead (Fig.
The lead is fitted with a good wire grommet parcelled over.
To Make a Grommet+, cut a strand about three and a half times the length of the grommet required.
