"gorget" Definition

Definitions for the word "gorget" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A ruff worn by women.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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