grommet

plural grommets · alternative grummet · alternative gromet

1. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
2. nauticalA ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
3. flagsAn eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
4. slanghobbiesA young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.

   Synonyms: grem, gremlin, gremmie, gremmy

5. A boy serving on a ship.

present singular third person grommets · participle present grommeting · participle past grommeted · past grommeted · alternative grummet · alternative gromet

1. transitiveTo insert a grommet into.

   There was little point in grommeting the hole, since the wrapping was already as rigid and tough as its invisibility permitted.

   2007, Wil McCarthy, The Wellstone, page 225

   1 more example

   The device takes the form of a guard for the punch presses which are used in grommeting mail bags in the process of manufacture.

   1923, “American Machinist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 58, numbers 23-26, page 919

2. transitiveTo fasten using a grommet.
3. intransitiveTo apply grommets.