Definition of "becket" in English

noun

1. (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.

5. An eye in the end of a rope.

6. (nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.

7. A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.

8. (England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.

9. (obsolete) chough (the bird)

   • Cornish choughs, or “beckets”, as they are sometimes known, are seen on Thomas Wolsey’s coat of arms; they are a reference to his namesake, Thomas Becket.