gusset

• gousset

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”).

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌsɪt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡasət/
• Rhymes: -ʌsɪt

gusset (plural gussets)

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 gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
3. (machinery) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, 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.
4. (heraldry) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
5. (roofing) 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.

• gusset plate

gusset (third-person singular simple present gussets, present participle gusseting, simple past and past participle gusseted)

1. (transitive) To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.

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