gorget

noun

/ˈɡɔːdʒɪt/UK/ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒɪt/US

Etymology

From Middle English gorget, from Old French gorgete, from gorge (“throat”).

1
A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
- About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target
- Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.
- Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget.
A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's…
A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon, used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a dress military uniform by officers.
A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast
A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
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1. An ornament for the neck
  An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
2. A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
3. A grooved instrument used in performing various operations
  A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
4. 7
  A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
  - There was […] the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage […]
5. A hake caught in a net set for other fish.

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