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Gusset

//ˈɡʌsɪt// noun, verb

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).

Etymology 2

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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