What does gorget mean?
Definitions for gorget
ˈgɔr dʒɪtgor·get
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Princeton's WordNet
gorgetnoun
armor plate that protects the neck
Wiktionary
gorgetnoun
A piece of armour for the throat.
gorgetnoun
A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
gorgetnoun
An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
Etymology: From gorgete, from gorge ‘throat’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gorgetnoun
The piece of armour that defends the throat.
Etymology: from gorge.
He with a palsy fumbling on his gorget,
Shakes in and out the rivet. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.He did oftentimes spend the night in the church alone praying, his headpiece, gorget, and gauntlets lying by him. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.
See how his gorget peers above his gown,
To tell the people in what danger he was. Ben Jonson, Cat.About his neck a threefold gorget,
As rough as trebled leathern target. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 2.
Wikipedia
Gorget
A gorget , from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armour, or a single piece of plate armour hanging from the neck and covering the throat and chest. Later, particularly from the 18th century, the gorget became primarily ornamental, serving as a symbolic accessory on military uniforms, a use which has survived in some armies. The term may also be used for other things such as items of jewellery worn around the throat region in several societies, for example wide thin gold collars found in prehistoric Ireland dating to the Bronze Age.
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gorget
A gorget is a piece of armor designed to protect the throat or neck. It was originally worn by medieval knights, and was often shaped like a collar or a necklace. In a broader context, it also refers to a patch of color or a band found on the throat of birds or other animals.
Webster Dictionary
Gorgetnoun
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
Gorgetnoun
a piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor
Gorgetnoun
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
Gorgetnoun
a ruff worn by women
Gorgetnoun
a cutting instrument used in lithotomy
Gorgetnoun
a grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget
Gorgetnoun
a crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal
Etymology: [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n.]
Wikidata
Gorget
A gorget was originally a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period. The term subsequently described a steel or leather collar designed to protect the throat. Later, particularly from the 18th century onwards, the gorget became primarily ornamental, serving only as a symbolic accessory on military uniforms.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
gorget
In former times, and still amongst some foreign troops, a gilt badge of a crescent shape, suspended from the neck, and hanging on the breast, worn by officers on duty.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
gorget
(Ital. gorgietta, from gorga, a throat). That part of ancient armor which defended the neck. Also a crescent-shaped ornament formerly worn by military officers on the breast.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gorget in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gorget in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- golaCatalan, Valencian
- gorgerin, gorgerette, hausse-colFrench
- fejkHungarian
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