BECK'ET, noun A thing used in ships to confine loose ropes, tackles or spars; as a large hook, a rope, with an eye at one end, or a wooden bracket.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
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