: a usually diamond-shaped or triangular insert in a seam (as of a sleeve, pocketbook, or shoe upper) to provide expansion or reinforcement
2
: a plate or bracket for strengthening an angle in framework (as in a building or bridge)
gussettransitive verb
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Examples of gusset in a Sentence
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, piece of armor covering the joints in a suit of armor, from Anglo-French goussete
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