gromelt

See groom1. grome2t, n. See gram1. gromert, n. [Equiv. to gromet.] Same as grom et, 1. gromet (grom'et or grum'et), n. [Also (dial.) grummet (def. 1), grommet (defs. 2, 3); Hasting shall finde 21. ships, in euery ship 21. men, and a Garcion, or Boy, which is called a Gromet. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 19. 2. Naut . , a ring of rope used for various purposes, made from a strand laid three times round its own central part formed into a loop of the desired size. -3. In mach ., a ring or eyelet of metal, etc. [In the last two senses also grommet .] Shot-gromet, a gromet used to hold shot and prevent it from rolling in time of action. Gromet.