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godet

Pronunciation: /ɡəʊˈdeɪ/

The English word “godet” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A drinking cup.
  2. A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset.
  3. A roller for guiding synthetic filaments during drawing.

Etymology

From Middle French godet, from Dutch kodde (“piece of cylindrical wood”).

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