Gusset

Quick meaning: Gusset is a noun meaning 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

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.

More Meanings

1. A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
2. (heraldry) An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
3. (botany) An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
4. (transitive) To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
5. (mechanical engineering) 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.
6. (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.

Word Forms

• gussets
• gusseting
• gusseted

Synonyms for gusset

Depending on context, synonyms include inset.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inset, pocket, beam, gutter, gore, diaphragm.

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