godet

[goh-det]

noun

a triangular piece of fabric, often rounded at the top, inserted in a garment to give fullness.Compare gore³(def 1), gusset(def 1).

Textiles. a glass or plastic roller for guiding synthetic filaments into the centrifugal box.

Origin of godet

1570–80 for earlier sense “drinking cup”; 1870–75 for def 1 < Middle French, equivalent to god- (< Germanic; see cod²) + -et -et

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Examples from the Web for godet

Historical Examples of godet

Do you suppose we could find out anywhere who owns the Godet house now?
Finding the Lost Treasure
Helen M. Persons
Godet has a suggestion which is as natural as it is beautiful.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke
Henry Burton
You must place the girl with a washerwoman, Godet's sister; she must seem at home there.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Honore de Balzac
That in the Holiness of God we have the union of love and righteousness, has been perhaps put by no one more clearly than Godet.
Holy in Christ
Andrew Murray
Thus Godet allows more than a year, crowded with events, to come between them.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians
James Denney

British Dictionary definitions for godet

godet

noun

a triangular piece of material inserted into a garment, such as into a skirt to create a flare

Word Origin for godet

C19: from French

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