gorget (0 synonym found)

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Definition of gorget:

°(historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
"1968: Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget. -- Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet (Gollancz 2003, p. 209)"
°An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
1917: Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - "There was ... the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage ..."

Definition of gorget:

°(historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
"1968: Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget. -- Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet (Gollancz 2003, p. 209)"
°An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
1917: Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - "There was ... the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage ..."

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