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gusset
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gusset has 3 senses
- gusset(n = noun.artifact) voider - a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate; Array is a part of body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour
- gusset(n = noun.artifact) gusset plate - a metal plate used to strengthen a joist; Array is a kind of brace, bracing, plate
- gusset(n = noun.artifact) inset - a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment; Array is a part of garment
is a kind of chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail
is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
CIDE DICTIONARY
gusset, n. [F. gousset armpit, fob, gusset, dim. of gousse pod, husk; cf. It. guscio shell, or W. cwysed gore, gusset.].
- A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement. [1913 Webster]"Seam and gusset and band." [1913 Webster]
- Anything resembling a gusset in a garment [1913 Webster]
- An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gusset, n.
1 a piece let into a garment etc. to strengthen or enlarge a part.
2 a bracket strengthening an angle of a structure.
1 a piece let into a garment etc. to strengthen or enlarge a part.
2 a bracket strengthening an angle of a structure.
Derivative
gusseted adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF gousset flexible piece filling up a joint in armour f. gousse pod, shell
ROGET THESAURUS
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Junction
N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.
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