gusset
noun
- piece of fabric
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌsɪt/ / /ˈɡasət/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- 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.
- 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.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
- To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.