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noun
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing
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noun
An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inset
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Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material
noun
a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gusset plate
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Broader terms: brace, bracing, plate
noun
a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: voider
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Broader terms: chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour
History
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
Across languages
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