English
Alternative spellings
Also gusset.
Noun
gousset (plural: goussets)
- (Armor) Category:Armor A small piece of mail, providing some protection where two plates of armor are joined, usually at the elbows, under the shoulders, and behind the knees.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: At the joint, or bending of the arm, the vambraces were cut obliquely, the vacancies on the inside, when the arms were streightened, were covered by pieces of mail callet [sic] Goussets, and afterwards by a contrivance of plates resembling hearts. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22.
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