gusset.
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
Meaning & usage
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
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