Definitions for gusset

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gusset gus·set

Spelling: [guhs-it]

IPA: /ˈgʌs ɪt/

Gusset is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in gusset (egsstu).

Definitions for gusset

noun

1. a small, triangular piece of material inserted into a shirt, shoe, etc., to improve the fit or for reinforcement. Compare godet (def 1), gore3 (def 1).
2. Civil Engineering. a plate for uniting structural members at a joint, as in a steel frame or truss.
3. Armor. Also called voider. an area of mail backed with cloth, for defending the armpits or areas at joints. a small piece of plate armor at the armhole of a cuirass; pallet.

Origin of gusset

1375-1425; late Middle English Old French gousset, derivative of gousse pod, husk

Examples for gusset

Making pretext to be looking for a gusset for an armor joint, I made my way near the entrance.

This offers as much resistance as a gusset and is more quickly done.

One form of boiler stay, called a 'gusset stay,' is shown in fig. 8.

Squaring his shoulders, he took a deep breath, thereby greatly straining a gusset only recently let into the back of his vest.

The crown sheet is here stayed by gusset stays, but if made spherical, as in Fig. 3270, the stays may be omitted.

Can any one tell me what proportion the gusset bears to the whole shirt?

I asked what proportion the gusset bore to the whole of the shirt.

It was a splendid rod, just right for him; how he wished he was up above gusset Weir at that moment!

The gorget is also of mail; and the gusset of mail at the armpit is left very visible by the action of the arm.

Sometimes the sleeve and gusset are all in one piece; at other times they are separate.