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GORGET
gorget
(noun) armor plate that protects the neck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gorget (plural gorgets)
(historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
(historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
(surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
(zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
(UK, dialect, Cornwall) A hake caught in a net set for other fish.
Source: Wiktionary
Gor"get, n. Etym: [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n.]
1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.
2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. Sir W. Scott.
3. A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.
4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
5. (Surg.) (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. Dunglison.
6. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer (Zoöl.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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