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护喉,妇女用护肩布,饰领
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See
{Gorge}, n.]
1. 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.
2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn
over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other
steel armor.
Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. 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.
4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
5. (Surg.)
(a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
(b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various
operations; -- called also {blunt gorget}.
--Dunglison.
资料来源 : WordNet®
gorget
n : armor plate that protects the neck