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n. A triangular insert, as in the seam of a garment, for added strength or expansion.

n. A triangular metal bracket used to strengthen a joist.

n. A piece of mail or plate armor protecting the joints in a suit of armor.

n. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

n. 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.

n. A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

n. An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

n. 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.

n. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

n. Anything resembling a gusset in a garment.

n. A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.

n. A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

n. An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.

n. A triangular plate or piece of cloth inserted or attached, to protect, strengthen, or fill out some part of a thing; a gore.

n. An angular piece of iron or a kind of bracket fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness. An angular piece of iron inserted in a boiler, tank, etc., where it changes from a cylindrical to a square form, as at the junction of the barrel and fire-box of a locomotive. A triangular piece of cloth inserted in a garment to strengthen or enlarge some part.

n. In heraldry, same as gore, 7.

To make with a gusset; insert a gusset into, as a garment.

n. In iron shipbuilding, a piece of plate of triangular form reinforcing on one side the junction of a part which meets another angularly, the gusset-plate being approximately normal to the line of the joint between the parts. See cut under bracket, 9 .

n. a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate

n. a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment

n. a metal plate used to strengthen a joist

"Today, the head of the National Transportation Safety board held a news conference to let people know that although the investigation is far from over, the team feels it's very important to point out that they're focusing on what they call the gusset plates."

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