CASKET, noun
1. A small chest or box, for jewels or other small articles.
2. In seamens language, a small rope, fastened to gromets or little rings upon the yards, used to fasten the sail to the yard in furling.
This is usually written gasket.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.