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gus⋅set

  [guhs-it]
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–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), gore 3 (def. 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 ME < OF gousset, deriv. of gousse pod, husk
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gus·set   (gŭs'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A triangular insert, as in the seam of a garment, for added strength or expansion.

  2. A triangular metal bracket used to strengthen a joist.

  3. A piece of mail or plate armor protecting the joints in a suit of armor.


[Middle English, from Old French gousset, perhaps diminutive of gousse, pod, husk.]
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