Gorget

Definition:

  • (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.) 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.

Compare gorget with other words:

garget vs. gorget

gorged vs. gorget

forget vs. gorget

gorget vs. neckplate

gorget vs. mammal

bird vs. gorget

crescent vs. gorget

gorget vs. lithotomy

gorget vs. instrument

cut vs. gorget

gorget vs. torque

collar vs. gorget

gorget vs. necklace

gorget vs. wimple

breast vs. gorget

gorget vs. neck

gorget vs. treble

gorget vs. throat

armour vs. gorget