gorget, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, 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. [1913 Webster]
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. [1913 Webster]
"Unfix the gorget's iron clasp."
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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. [1913 Webster]
A ruff worn by women. [1913 Webster]
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. [1913 Webster]
Gorget hummer(Zoöl.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.