gusset

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
2. A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet.
3. 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.
4. An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).
5. 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.

Verb

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

Sinònims

gore

crotch

groin

gusset plate

strengthener

inset

voider

quoin

shim

spline

wedge

tie plate

reinforcement

butt plate

coigne

joint plate

rail splice

splice plate

web plate

knee plate

connecting plate

junction plate

connection board

junction panel

butterfly

🦋

shlice plate

coign

connector panel

crosspiece

joint fastening

lap

piton

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡʌsɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: gusset

In summary

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”).