Gorget definitions

Gorget

1) Armor plate 2) Armor plating 3) Armour plate 4) Medieval armour 5) Ornamental collar 6) Plate armor 7) Plate armour 8) Throat armor 9) Throat-protecting armor
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Gorget

1) Collar
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Gorget

A gorget t, from the French gorge meaning throat, was originally 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. The term subsequently described a steel or leather collar designed to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armour, or a single piece of plate armour ha....
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Gorget

[bird] A gorget is a patch of colored feathers found on the throat or upper breast of some species of birds. It is a feature found on many male hummingbirds, particularly those found in North America; these gorgets are typically iridescent. Other species, such as the Purple-throated Fruitcrow and Chukar Partridge, also show the feature. The...
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Gorget

a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by color, texture, etc. (Stein 1966)
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gorget

piece of armour for the throat
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Gorget

• (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies. • (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century. &b...
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Gorget

/Gorgiere(fr) A plate armor defense designed to protect the neck (french gorge = throat).
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gorget

(from the article `hummingbird`) ...are different in most species; males of the latter species display a variety of brilliance and ornamentation rivaled only by birds-of-paradise and ...
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Gorget

The crescent-shaped plaque worn around the neck by officers, a symbol of a commisioned rank and a relic from the days of armour.
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gorget

1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century. ... 2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. 'Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.' (Sir W. Sc...
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gorget

An ornament usually worn over the chest which may be either suspended on a cord or attached directly to clothing.
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Gorget

Patch of brightly colored feathers on a hummingbird's throat.
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Gorget

Band across upper chest.
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Gorget

A ornament made of stone, slate, or shell which was typically ground, drilled with one or more holes and polished. These artifacts were presumably worn over the chest and were either suspended on a cord or attached directly to clothing. Another possible use of the gorget was as an atlatl weight.
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gorget

See armour.
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Gorget

Gor'get noun [ Old French gorgete , dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge , noun ] 1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century. ...
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