Definitionen
1.NounA short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
2.NounA 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.NounA 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.NounThe clevis of a pulley block.
5.NounAn eye in the end of a rope.
6.NounA pocket in clothing.
7.NounA method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
8.NounA spade for digging turf in the Fens.
9.Nounchough (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."