becket

noun9

1. •
   A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
2. •
   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. •
   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. •
   An eye in the end of a rope.
5. •
   A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
6. •
   The clevis of a pulley block.
7. •
   (slang) A pocket in clothing.
8. •
   (dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
9. •
   (no longer used) 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.