gorget
gorget
Definition
gor·get (gôr′jit)
noun
- a piece of armor to protect the throat
- a collar
- an article of clothing covering the neck and breast, formerly worn by women; wimple
- a patch of color, often iridescent, on the throat of a bird, as on a male hummingbird
Etymology: ME < OFr gorgete < gorgiere: see gorgeous
gorget
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- patch: Also on each lapel of the undress uniform a gorget patch of black with a center strip of one row of red tracing.
Browse dictionary entries near gorget
- gorgerin
- gorgeous
- gorge
- Gorgas
- Gore-Tex
- gore
- Gordy Jr., Berry
- Gordon setter
- Gordon
- Gordimer
- Gorgon
- gorgonian
- gorgonize
- Gorgonzola
- gorhen
- gorilla
- Gorki
- Gorky
- Gorlovka
- Gorman, Sean
