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gorget definition

gor·get (gôr′jit)

noun

  1. a piece of armor to protect the throat
  2. a collar
  3. an article of clothing covering the neck and breast, formerly worn by women; wimple
  4. a patch of color, often iridescent, on the throat of a bird, as on a male hummingbird

Etymology: ME < OFr gorgete < gorgiere: see gorgeous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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