Dictionary

gusset en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡasət/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡʌsɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).

Meanings

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. 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.
4. An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
5. 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.
6. An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.

Forms

Deriveds

gussetless · gusset plate

Translations (36)

bg ъглова плоча (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · izh verka (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · ru углово́е соедине́ние (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · el τσόντα (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · ga asclán (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · it linguetta (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · de Strebe (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · ro guseu (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · no kile (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · de Kettengeflechtsegment (small piece of mail) · ko 마찌 (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · de Eckblech (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · ko 거셋 (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fr gousset (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · ja 襠 (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · cs cvikl (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · ota صیغزه (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · it gherone (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · cy cwysed (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · dv ކައް (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · it gherone (heraldry: an abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms) · bg клин (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · ru клин (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · ga guiséad (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · de Verstärkung (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · ko 무 (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fr gousset (heraldry: an abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms) · ru ла́стовица (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · es escudete (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fi kiila (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fi kiila (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · ru науго́льник (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · cs klínek (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fi kiilalevy (machinery: a kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron) · de Zwickel (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment) · fr gousset (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment)

gusset en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡasət/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡʌsɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).

Meanings

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

Forms