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gusset

/ˈɡʌsɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
gus-set
IPA
/ˈɡʌsɪt/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.

noun

A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.

noun

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.

noun

An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).

noun

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.

noun

An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.

verb

To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: gusset, gosset

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɡʌsɪt/
  • British English: /ˈɡʌsɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gussets (plural) gousset (alternative) gussets (present, singular) gusseting (participle, present) gusseted (participle, past) gusseted (past)

Derived Forms

gussetless

Phrases

gusset plate

Synonyms

inset gusset plate voider

Rhymes With

russet

Questions

How do you pronounce gusset?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡʌsɪt/.
What does gusset mean?
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
Where does gusset come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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