gusset
Plural: gussets
Noun
- a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
- a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
- a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
- A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
- A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.
Verb
- To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
- -ED, -ING, -S to furnish with a reinforcing piece of material
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).
Scrabble Score: 7
gusset: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgusset: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gusset: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
gusset is a valid Words With Friends word