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noun
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Civil Engineering. a plate for uniting structural members at a joint, as in a steel frame or truss.
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Armor.
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Also called voider. an area of mail backed with cloth, for defending the armpits or areas at joints.
b.
a small piece of plate armor at the armhole of a cuirass; pallet.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French gousset, derivative of gousse pod, husk
1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French gousset, derivative of gousse pod, husk
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