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noun

Gusset n.

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement. "Seam and gusset and band."

Anything resembling a gusset in a garment; as:

(a)

(Armor) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.

(b)

(Mach.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

(Her.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

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Etymology of 'Gusset'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gusset" Quotes from Famous Books

... work! work! Till the brain begins to swim; Work! work! work! Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them ...

— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... Farnham don't want her girl to come here, is that it?" inquired aunt Hannah, setting the gathers in a neck-gusset with the point of her needle, which she dashed in and out as if it had been a poniard, and that cotton cloth ...

— The Old Homestead • Ann S. Stephens

Words linked to "Gusset" : piece of cloth, bracing, coat of mail, body armor, ring armor, brace, ring armour, body armour, voider, piece of material, cataphract, garment, chain armour, inset, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor, chain mail