different between cleat vs gusset

English

Etymology

From Middle English clete, from Old English *cl?at, cl?ot, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß. See also clay and clout.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kl?t, IPA^(key): /kli?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

cleat (plural cleats)

1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 35

     [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.

   • 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:

2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
3. (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)

Translations

Verb

cleat (third-person singular simple present cleats, present participle cleating, simple past and past participle cleated)

1. To strengthen with a cleat.
2. (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

Anagrams

• CELTA, Cleta, eclat, ectal, éclat

English

Alternative forms

• gousset

Etymology

From Middle English gusset, gysset, from Old French gosset, gousset (“the hollow of the armpit”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??as?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t

Noun

gusset (plural gussets)

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 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.
3. (machinery) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, 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 abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
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.

Translations

Derived terms

• gusset plate

Verb

gusset (third-person singular simple present gussets, present participle gusseting, simple past and past participle gusseted)

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

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on armor.

Anagrams

• guests