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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'gorget' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions gorget noun  (context, historical) A piece of armour for the throat. 1968: Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his . " Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet (Gollancz 2003, p. 209) An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc. 1917: Washington Irving, wikisource:The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - "There was ... the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black , and splendid plumage ..." Etymology: From Old French gorgete, from gorge "throat".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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