Definitions for gorgets

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gorgets gor·get

Spelling: [gawr-jit]

IPA: /ˈgɔr dʒɪt/

Gorgets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in gorgets (eggorst).

Definitions for gorgets

noun

1. a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
2. a piece of armor for the throat.
3. a crescent-shaped ornament worn on a chain around the neck as a badge of rank by officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
4. a wimple of the Middle Ages, worn with the ends fastened in the hair.

Origin of gorgets

1425-75; late Middle English Old French. See gorge¹, -et

Examples for gorgets

This gorget belongs, in its general character as an ornament, to the North.

Next came the gorget, as it was called, which was a sort of collar to cover the neck.

It should perhaps be described as a burgonet with gorget and movable mentonires.

The last survival of plate armour is to be found in the gorget.

This was the gorget or whisk, which was used both plain and laced.

The gorget presented in Fig. 1 of this plate is copied from Schoolcraft.

The roped edge of the breastplate is placed over the gorget.

One half expects to see him fashioning a gorget or a sword on his anvil.

The gorget was worn either over or under the breast- and backplates.

His helmet had been loosened from his gorget and was held before him on his horse's neck.