gousset

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• Also gusset.

[edit] Noun

gousset (plural goussets)

1. (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.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:

     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.

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia article on armor.