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grommet (n.)
also
gromet
,
grummet
, 1620s, "ring or wreath of rope," from obsolete French
gromette
"curb of a bridle" (Modern French
gourmette
), from
gourmer
"to curb," of uncertain origin. Extended sense of "metal eyelet" first recorded 1769.
