Meaning of Gusset | Babel Free

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

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