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godet

[goh-det]

noun

a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness. Compare gore³ (def. 1), gusset (def. 1).

Textiles. a glass or plastic roller for guiding synthetic filaments into the centrifugal box.

Origin:
1570–80 for earlier sense “drinking cup”; 1870–75 for def. 1 < Middle French, equivalent to god- (< Germanic; see cod²) + -et -et

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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godet (ˈɡəʊdeɪ, ɡəʊˈdɛt)

—n
	a triangular piece of material inserted into a garment, such as into a skirt to create a flare

[C19: from French]

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