Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
godet [goh-det] ExamplesWord Origin 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 Examples from the Web for godet Historical Examples of godet
Do you suppose we could find out anywhere who owns the Godet house now?
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.
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