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 slit in the seam of a garment.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
A small aperture.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
Ventriloquism.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
To allow gases to escape.
To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
To express a strong emotion.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
To sell; to vend.
To allow to escape through a vent.