different between gasket vs gusset

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle French garcette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æs.k?t/

Noun

gasket (plural gaskets)

1. (sailing) A length of rope used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.
2. (mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
3. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration.
4. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid.

Translations

Derived terms

• blow a gasket, bust a gasket

Further reading

• gasket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kas?keh(t)/

Verb

gasket

1. inflection of gaskit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

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.

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