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Gorget
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. [1913 Webster]"Unfix the gorget's iron clasp." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A ruff worn by women. [1913 Webster]
- A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Gorget, n.
1 hist. a a piece of armour for the throat. b a woman's wimple.
2 a patch of colour on the throat of a bird, insect, etc.
1 hist. a a piece of armour for the throat. b a woman's wimple.
2 a patch of colour on the throat of a bird, insect, etc.
Etymology
OF gorgete (as GORGE)
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