Associations to the word «Gorget»

Wiktionary

GORGET, noun. (historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
GORGET, noun. (historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
GORGET, noun. An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
GORGET, noun. (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
GORGET, noun. A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
GORGET, noun. (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

Dictionary definition

GORGET, noun. Armor plate that protects the neck.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope