gusset
noun/ˈɡʌsɪt/
/ˈɡʌsɪt/
- an extra piece of cloth sewn into a piece of clothing to make it wider, stronger or more comfortableWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French gousset, diminutive of gousse ‘pod, shell’, of unknown origin.
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