gorget

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Synonyms: gorge, gorged, forget, gorger, garget, gorges, goret, gornet

Antonyms: gorge, gorged, forget, gorger, garget, gorges, goret, gornet

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical}} A piece of [[armour]] protecting the [[throat]] and/or the upper part of the chest.
2. {{lb|en|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.
3. {{lb|en|historical}} A type of women's clothing covering the [[neck]] and [[breast]]; a [[wimple]].
4. An ornament for the [[neck]]; a [[necklace]], ornamental [[collar]], [[torque]] etc.
5. {{lb|en|surgery}} A [[cut]]ting [[instrument]] used in [[lithotomy]].
6. A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also [[blunt gorget]].<ref>{{RQ:Dunglison Medical Lexicon}}</ref>
7. {{lb|en|zoology}} A [[crescent]]-shaped coloured patch on the [[neck]] of a [[bird]] or [[mammal]].
8. {{lb|en|UK|dialect|Cornwall}} A [[hake]] caught in a net set for other fish.<!--From: A Glossary of Cornish Sea-Words by R. Morton Nance, edited by A.S. Pool and first published by The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies in 1963 as mentioned at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/a-glossary-of-cornish-sea-words-by-nancer-morton-the-federation-of-old-cornwall-societies-1963-204-pp/D234670332882F1C040DF10684E67619 -->

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