English Dictionary

gorget

/ˈɡɔːdʒɪt/

noun

(historical) A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.

She wore a beautiful gorget around her neck.

意味（1）

(historical) A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.

About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target

意味（2）

(historical) A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon. It was used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a full-dress military uniform by officers. It symbolically represented the neck-armor worn by officers in previous centuries.

意味（3）

(historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.

意味（4）

An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.

意味（5）

(surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

意味（6）

A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.

意味（7）

(zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

There was […] the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage […]

意味（8）

(UK, dialect, Cornwall) A hake caught in a net set for other fish.