Gorget

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A piece of armor protecting the throat.
  • n. An ornamental collar.
  • n. The scarflike part of a wimple covering the neck and shoulders.
  • n. A band or patch of distinctive color on the throat of an animal, especially an area of brightly colored feathers on the throat of a bird.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piece of armour for the throat.
  • n. A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
  • n. An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • n. A ruff worn by women.
  • n.
  • n. A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
  • n. A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
  • n. A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece of armor protecting the throat and sometimes the upper part of the breast.
  • n. A variety of wimple in use in the fourteenth century. It was worn very tight and close.
  • n. An ornamental neck-band having a considerable breadth, especially in front.
  • n. In ornithology, a throat-patch in any way distinguished by the color or texture of the feathers. Also gorgelet.
  • n. In surgery, a grooved instrument used in operations for anal fistula and in lithotomy. It serves as a guide, and in some instances is furnished with a blade for cutting. Also gorgeret.
  • n. In archaeology, an object of stone or shell, flat, or convex on one side and concave on the other, and sometimes provided with perforations.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. armor plate that protects the neck
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    corselet    shako    headpiece    habergeon    tucker    breastplate    plastron    corslet    sallet    buckler