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.
To make with a gusset; to sew a gusset into.
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
A wedge.
A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
To adjust something by using shims.
To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.