I thought at first a riff on "gusset," but that seems too far a stretch.

Given the context, a play on "gossamer" is sensical, even appropriate. The guys are walking through a "jungle" or very dense growth and then come to a mere "forest" with very little undergrowth which is compared to gossamer which is very light or insubstantial - but not quite gossamer, because it's not entirely "delicate."


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