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- Dictionarygorget/ˈɡɔːdʒɪt/
noun
- 1. an article of clothing that covered the throat. historical
- 2. a patch of colour on the throat of a bird or other animal, especially a hummingbird.
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A gorget is a piece of armor protecting the throat, an ornamental collar, or a part of a wimple. Learn more about its etymology, usage, and examples from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A gorget / ˈɡɔːrdʒɪt /, from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood.
A gorget is a piece of armor, an ornamental collar, or a distinctive color on the throat of an animal. Learn more about the origin, usage, and synonyms of this word from various sources.
gorget in British English. (ˈɡɔːdʒɪt ) noun. 1. a collar-like piece of armour worn to protect the throat. 2. a part of a wimple worn by women to cover the throat and chest, esp in the 14th century. 3. a band of distinctive colour on the throat of an animal, esp a bird.
Gorget definition: a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.. See examples of GORGET used in a sentence.
A gorget is a special piece of armor that protects a soldier's neck. Medieval suits of armor commonly included a circular gorget that fit under the metal breastplate. If you've ever seen pictures of suits of armor worn by knights, you've probably seen a gorget.
The throat patch, or gorget, is a metallic violet-red. The species gets its name from the adult male's iridescent blue throat patch (gorget ), but the female lacks this, having a plain gray throat. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.
