gusset
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some…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
6 sensesA small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
Zwickel
клинklin, ла́стовицаlástovica
A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
Kettengeflechtsegment
a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
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.
Eckblech, Verstärkung, Strebe
углово́е соедине́ниеuglovóje sojedinénije, науго́льникnaugólʹnik
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.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the arFrom 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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Forms
plural: gussetsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment:inset
- a metal plate used to strengthen a joist:gusset plate
- a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate:voider