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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See {Gorge}, n.] 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. Scott. 3. 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. 4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.] 5. (Surg.) a A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. b A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also {blunt gorget}. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gorget n : armor plate that protects the neck
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