Definición de «gusset» en inglés

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. (mechanical engineering) 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. (heraldry) An ordinary on a coat of arms, resembling a gusset (see usage notes).

5. (roofing) 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. (botany) An intercellular space at an angle where more than two cells meet.

verb

1. (transitive) To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.