gorget
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Is gorget a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.Examples: "About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target"; "Unfix the gorget's iron clasp."; "Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget."Synonyms: neckplate, hausse-col, gorgerin, gorgerettehistorical
2. (historical) A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon, used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a dress military uniform by officers.historical
3. (historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.Synonyms: gorgerettehistorical
4. (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.Synonyms: gorgeret
5. (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.Examples: "There was […] the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage […]"
6. (UK, dialect, Cornwall) A hake caught in a net set for other fish.CornwallUKdialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary