different between russet vs gusset

English

Etymology

From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (“suffix indicating diminution”); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewd?- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: r?s??t, IPA^(key): /???s?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t
• Hyphenation: rus?set

Noun

russet (countable and uncountable, plural russets)

1. A reddish-brown color.
2. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
3. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.

   Synonym: russeting

   Coordinate term: reinette
4. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

Translations

Adjective

russet (comparative more russet, superlative most russet)

1. Having a reddish-brown color.
2. (archaic) Gray or ash-colored.
3. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
4. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
5. (botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.

Translations

Verb

russet (third-person singular simple present russets, present participle russeting or russetting, simple past and past participle russeted or russetted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of apples, pears, etc.) To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• russet (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Suters, estrus, struse, surest, tusser

German

Pronunciation

Verb

russet

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of rußet.

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