From en.wiktionary.org:
[görget]
** English
right right
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [fro].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
2. * [year=1905]
3. * [passage=Unfix the GORGET'S iron clasp.]
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1968 | author=w:Michael Moorcock | title=The Mad God's Amulet | publisher=Gollancz | year_published=2003 | page=209
|passage=Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and
drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his GORGET.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1999 | author=w:George R.R. Martin | title=A Clash of Kings | page=500 | publisher=Bantam | year_published=2011
|passage=Renly lifted his chin to allow Brienne to fasten his GORGET in
place.}}
1. * [1=en]
2. [en] 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. [en] 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. [en] A cut ting instrument used in lithotomy .
6. A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget . [1]
7. [en] A crescent -shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal .
8. * [en]
9. [en] 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 -->
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Related terms
[en]
**** Translations
[armour]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek:
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[women's clothing]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
[trans-bottom]
[ornament for the neck]
- Catalan: [ca]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
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*** References
References:
[1]. [RQ:Dunglison Medical Lexicon]
- [R:Webster 1913]
[en]