gusset

Other forms of gusset

plural

gussets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gusset

What does gusset mean?

gusset means "a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gusset?

gusset has 2 syllables: gus-set. The stress falls on "gus".

What is another word for gusset?

Close synonyms include voider, gusset plate, inset. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gusset a common word?

gusset is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.