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  1. beckets: Merriam-Webster
  2. beckets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Beckets, beckets: Vocabulary.com
  4. Becket's, beckets: Wordnik
  5. beckets: Wiktionary
  6. beckets: Dictionary.com
  7. beckets: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. beckets: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. beckets: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (becket)

noun:  (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
noun:  (nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
noun:  (sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
noun:  (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
noun:  An eye in the end of a rope.
noun:  (nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
noun:  A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
noun:  (England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
noun:  (obsolete) chough (the bird)
▸ Also see becket


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