Gorget
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Gorget
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1 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.
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2 n.
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
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3 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.
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4 n.
A ruff worn by women.
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5 n.
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
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6 n.
A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
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7 n.
A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
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8 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.
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9 n.
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
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10 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.
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11 n.
A ruff worn by women.
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12 n.
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
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13 n.
A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
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14 n.
A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.