gorget
[gawr-jit]
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noun
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
a piece of armor for the throat.
a crescent-shaped ornament worn on a chain around the neck as a badge of rank by officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
a wimple of the Middle Ages, worn with the ends fastened in the hair.
Origin of gorget
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One half expects to see him fashioning a gorget or a sword on his anvil.
Children of the TenementsJacob A. Riis
His helmet had been loosened from his gorget and was held before him on his horse's neck.
Sir NigelArthur Conan Doyle
Next came the gorget, as it was called, which was a sort of collar to cover the neck.
Richard IIIJacob Abbott
The gorget presented in Fig. 1 of this plate is copied from Schoolcraft.
Art in Shell of the Ancient AmericansWilliam H. Holmes
This gorget belongs, in its general character as an ornament, to the North.
Art in Shell of the Ancient AmericansWilliam H. Holmes
gorget
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Word Origin for gorget
C15: from Old French, from gorge; see gorge
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gorget
[gôr′jĭt]
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