gusset vs piping

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. 

piping

noun
  • An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth. 

  • An act of making music or noise with pipes. 

  • A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework. 

  • The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching. 

  • The sound of musical pipes. 

  • Icing extruded from a piping bag. 

  • propagation by cuttings 

  • A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting. 

adj
  • High-pitched. 

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