different between rib vs gusset

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?b, IPA^(key): /??b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reb?- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).

Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).

(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

1. (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
2. (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
4. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
5. (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
6. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
8. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
9. A teasing joke.
10. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
11. A stalk of celery.
12. (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
    • 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales

      'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
4. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).

Noun

rib (plural ribs)

1. (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
2. (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
3. (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

Further reading

• rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BIR, BRI, Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rib

Etymology 1

From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.

Noun

rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)

1. (anatomy) rib

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?p/
• Hyphenation: rib
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)

1. rib

2. a truss (wooden frame)

Derived terms

• ribbenkast
• ribstuk
• scheepsrib

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rib

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”)

Verb

rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)

1. trap, ensnare

Related terms

• ribe

Slovene

Noun

rib

1. genitive dual/plural of riba

Yapese

Adverb

rib

1. very

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?ip?/
• Tone numbers: rib⁸
• Hyphenation: rib

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C?.lep? (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai ???? (lép), Lao ???? (lep), Shan ????? (n??p), Ahom ???????????????? (lip), Saek ?????.

Noun

rib (Sawndip forms ???? or ????, old orthography rib)

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

   Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep

2. claw; talon

   Synonym: nyauj

3. hoof

   Synonym: ve

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rib (old orthography rib)

1. to clean up; to tidy up
2. to confiscate

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