gorget

/gawr-jit/US // ˈgɔr dʒɪt //UK // (ˈɡɔːdʒɪt) //

仪表盘,仪表板,仪表台,小工具

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- : a piece of armor for the throat.
- : a crescent-shaped ornament worn on a chain around the neck as a badge of rank by officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- : a wimple of the Middle Ages, worn with the ends fastened in the hair.

There seems to be no sufficient reason for explaining it by 'necklace' or 'gorget,' as if it were a separable article of attire.
Thrice—De Valmont's guard shivered as a rush—through shield, hauberk, gorget cleft the Vikings' blade.
The Gorget (Fig. 30) is made in two halves, each composed of a single plate or, sometimes, of two or three horizontal lames.
In this illustration appears also the gorget of plate that was worn over the throat and chin with the bascinet.
In these brasses we find that the camail has become the Standard of Mail, or collarette, worn under the gorget of plate.