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go⋅det

  [goh-det]
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–noun
1. a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness. Compare gore 3 (def. 1), gusset (def. 1).
2. 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 < MF, equiv. to god- (< Gmc; see cod 2 ) + -et -et
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go·det   (gō-dět')   
n.  A triangular piece of fabric usually set into the hem of a garment to add fullness.

[French, goblet, godet, from Middle Dutch codde, cylindrical piece of wood.]
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