gusset
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ɪt noun
1.
2.
Civil Engineering. a plate for uniting structural members at a joint, as in a steel frame or truss.
3.
Armor.
a.
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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| —n | |
| 1. | an inset piece of material used esp to strengthen or enlarge a garment |
| 2. | a triangular metal plate for strengthening a corner joist between two structural members |
| 3. | a piece of mail fitted between armour plates or into the leather or cloth underclothes worn with armour, to give added protection |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to put a gusset in (a garment) |
| [C15: from Old French gousset a piece of mail, a diminutive of gousse pod, of unknown origin] | |
| 'gusseted | |
| —adj | |
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