gusset vs pleat

gusset

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

noun
  • 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. 

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

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

pleat

verb
  • To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment. 

  • To plait. 

noun
  • A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance. 

  • A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness. 

  • A plait. 

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