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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gousset.
Noun
gousset (plural goussets)
- 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 Goussets, and afterwards by a contrivance of plates resembling hearts.
Further reading
- Wikipedia article on armor.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”), diminutive of gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”). By surface analysis, gousse + -et.
Pronunciation
Noun
gousset m (plural goussets)
- gusset
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