Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GROM'ET, or GROM'MET
GROM'ET, or GROM'MET, n. [Arm. gromm, a curb, Fr. gourmette.]
Among Seamen, a ring formed of a strand of rope laid in three times round, used to fasten the upper edge of a sail to its stay. Mar. Dict.
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