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gorgière

US/ɡoɹˈʒjɛɚ/

gorgière noun: a gorget (piece of armor).

Noun

gorgière (plural gorgières)

  1. (historical, uncommon) A gorget (piece of armor).
    • The camail that protected the neck has given place to the gorgière of plate, which for greater freedom of[…]1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages
    • The throat is protected by a gorgière or standard of mail, the lower edge vandyked, resembling the specimen […]1852, The Archaeological Journal, page 103
  2. (historical, uncommon) A gorget (clothing item).
    • […] were all the arts of the cunning devoted to the guimpe, the gorgières, the mentonnières, the voluminous escoffions.1904, The Connoisseur, page 95
    • Woman wearing a gorgière. n. c.1310, French.1975, Richard Corson, Stage Makeup, Prentice Hall

Forms of gorgière

pluralgorgières

Origin of gorgière

Probably reborrowed directly from modern French gorgière, although also present in Middle English gorger (“throat-armour; neck-clothing”), both from Old French gorgiere.

Questions about gorgière

What does gorgière mean?
Gorgière means a gorget (piece of armor).
What part of speech is gorgière?
Gorgière is a noun.
How do you pronounce gorgière?
Gorgière is pronounced /ɡoɹˈʒjɛɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of gorgière?
The plural of gorgière is gorgières.

Words near gorgière in the dictionary

  1. gorging
  2. gorgings
  3. Gorgio
  4. Gorgios
  5. gorgious
  6. gorgière
  7. gorgières
  8. gorgolet
  9. gorgolets
  10. gorgon
  11. gorgonacean

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