noun

• (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
• (nautical) 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.
• (sewing) 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.
• (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
• An eye in the end of a rope.
• (nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
• A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
• (England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
• (obsolete) chough (the bird)