About The Word Gorget
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What's The Definition Of Gorget?
[n] armor plate that protects the neck
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gorget: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gorget: See Also | armor plate | armor plating | armour plate | body armor | body armour | cataphract | coat of mail | plate armor | plate armour | suit of armor | suit of armour Gorget In Webster's Dictionary \Gor"get\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of
a bird or mammal.
{Gorget hummer} (Zo["o]l.), a humming bird of the genus
{Trochilus}. See {Rubythroat}.
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