gore vs gusset

gore

noun
  • An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe. 

  • Dirt; mud; filth. 

  • A projecting point. 

  • A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.ᵂᵖ 

  • A triangular piece of land where roads meet. 

  • One of the abatements, made of two inwardly curved lines, meeting in the fesse point. 

  • Murder, bloodshed, violence. 

  • A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error. 

  • The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe 

  • Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air. 

verb
  • To cut in a triangular form. 

  • To provide with a gore. 

  • To pierce with the horn. 

gusset

noun
  • A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • A gousset, a piece of mail providing protection where armor plates meet. 

  • An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset. 

verb
  • To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into. 

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