Alternative forms

• gusset

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#GOUSSETCategory:English terms derived from French#GOUSSET gousset.

Noun

gousset (plural goussets)Category:English lemmas#GOUSSETCategory:English nouns#GOUSSETCategory:English countable nouns#GOUSSETCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOUSSETCategory:Pages with entries#GOUSSETCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GOUSSET

1. A small piece of mail, providing some protection where two plates of armor are joined, usually at the elbows, under the shoulders, and behind the knees.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:

     At the joint, or bending of the arm, the vambraces were cut obliquely, the vacancies on the inside, when the arms were streightened, were covered by pieces of mail callet [sic] Goussets, and afterwards by a contrivance of plates resembling hearts.

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Further reading

• Wikipedia article on armor.

Anagrams

• outsegs

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:French terms derived from Old French#GOUSSET gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”). By surface analysis, gousse +‎ -etCategory:French terms suffixed with -et#GOUSSET.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.sɛ/Category:French 2-syllable words#GOUSSETCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#GOUSSET

Noun

gousset m (plural goussets)Category:French lemmas#GOUSSETCategory:French nouns#GOUSSETCategory:French countable nouns#GOUSSETCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#GOUSSETCategory:French masculine nouns#GOUSSETCategory:Pages with entries#GOUSSETCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GOUSSET

1. gusset

Further reading

• “gousset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012