different between gorget vs neckplate

English

Etymology

From Old French gorgete, from gorge (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????d??t/

Noun

gorget (plural gorgets)

1. (historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2

     About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target

   • 1968, Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet, Gollancz 2003, p. 209:

     Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget.

   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 500:

     Renly lifted his chin to allow Brienne to fasten his gorget in place.

2. (historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
3. An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
4. (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
5. A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)

6. (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
7. (Britain, dialect, Cornwall) A hake caught in a net set for other fish.

Derived terms

• gorget hummer
• gorgeted

Translations

English

Etymology

neck +? plate

Noun

neckplate (plural neckplates)

1. A piece of armour for the throat; a gorget.