gorgerin

American

[gawr-jer-in] / ˈgɔr dʒər ɪn /

noun

Architecture.

the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.

gorgerin British

/ ˈɡɔːdʒərɪn /

noun

architect another name for necking

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Etymology

Origin of gorgerin

1655–65; < French, derivative of gorge throat; see gorge ¹

Example Sentences

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I felt, with my eye, the weight of a two-handed sword, a steel gorgerin, a morion.

From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by France, Anatole

To the celebrated Bayard are the French indebted for a military proverb, which some of them still repeat, “Ce que le gantelet gagne le gorgerin le mange”—“What the gauntlet gets, the gorget consumes.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

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