Gusset
/ˈɡʌsɪt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- 2 a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment wordnet
- 3 A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- 4 a metal plate used to strengthen a joist wordnet
- 5 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.
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- 6 a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate wordnet
- 7 An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
- 8 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.
- 9 An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
Verb
- 1 To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).