gor|get

gor|get
gor|get «GR jiht», noun.
1. a piece of armor for the throat: »

Unfix the gorget's iron clasp, And give him room for life to gasp (Scott).

2. = collar. (Cf. ↑collar)
3. = necklace. (Cf. ↑necklace)
4. a covering for the neck and breast, formerly worn by women; a wimple.
5. a patch of color on the throat of an animal or bird: »

the golden-winged woodpecker, with…his broad black gorget (Washington Irving).

6. a grooved surgical instrument used in operations for removing stones, as from the bladder.
╂[< Old French gorgete (diminutive) < gorge; see etym. under gorge (Cf. ↑gorge)]

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