gromet, grommet

[ Fr.gourmette =a curb; gourmer =to curb.] 1. Naut .: A ring formed of a strand of rope laid round and spliced. Used as a bank, a thimble, or with large oars, in connection with a pin, as a substitute for a rowlock. Metallic grommets, forming eyelets, are sometimes substituted. An iron-flange is cast to the wrought-metal thimble; after insertion, the edge is spun over upon the other cast metal ring. 2. Ord.: A wad made of rope, rammed down between the ball and the charge. Made of oakum and bound with spun-yarn, it is is called a junk-wad. gromet-wad, s . Ord.: A wad used in firing from smooth-bore guns, when the elevation is le than 3. Shot -gromet: Ord.: The same as GROMET, 2.