单词 | gorget |
释义 | gorgetn.1 1. a. A piece of armour for the throat. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [noun] collar1297 gorger1300 ventaila1330 gullet?a1400 canel-piecec1425 standard1464 gorget1484 gorgeretc1500 neck-piece1713 hausse-col1821 gorgerin1849 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 80 The gorgette enuyronneth or goth aboute the neck of a knyght by cause it shold be deffended fro strokes and woundes. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 665 With Ire him straik on his gorgeat off steill. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clifford viii As I would my gorget haue vndoen... An headles arrow strake mee through the throte. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. E3 (stage direct.) Enter King Henrie, his Gorget on. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 33 Three glitt'ring Dragons to the Gorget rise. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 732/2 His helmet..was of iron... To this was fitted a gorget of the same metal, set with precious stones. 1808 W. Scott Marmion v. ii. 243 Their brigantines, and gorgets light. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xi. 48 The gorget..gave way, and the sword entered his throat. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxxii One of Mr. Walpole's cavaliers with ruff, rapier, buff-coat, and gorget. b. transferred. A collar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > collar barghama1300 hambargh13.. oxbowa1325 collarc1440 horse-collarc1440 neck-collar1549 brecham?1553 gorget1629 check-collar1875 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 90 A hundred Mules, Sumpter-Clothes on their backes, imbrodered with silke, silver and gold, with their goriets of massie-plate [etc.]. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 91 He wore for ornament a Ring; About his Neck a three-fold Gorget. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 10 It was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar..On this singular gorget was engraved..an inscription. 2. An article of female dress, covering the neck and breast; a wimple. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > clothing for neck and other parts > wimple wimplea1100 barbetc1320 barbc1374 gorgerc1400 gorget?1578 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 47 A side gooun of kendall green..gatherd at ye nek with a naro gorget. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 71 She had on a light skie coloured petticoate, and vnder that a gorget of so passing fine net-worke. a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 232 To the Ladyes of the New Dresse, That weare their gorgets and rayles doune to their wastes. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 382 Pray rectifie my Gorget, smooth my Whisk. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 14 Sept. (1965) I. 265 I was squeez'd up in a Gown and adorn'd with a Gorget and the other implements thereunto belonging. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 8 With these grave seniors sate their goodly dames in ruff and gorget. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vi. 92 Why, Katherine—dame—thy stiff gorget makes me ashamed of thee. 3. An ornament for the neck; a collar of beads, shells, etc.; a necklace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] ringOE beec1009 languet1378 Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406 tablet?a1425 fetterlock1463 serpent-tongue1488 triangle1529 flory1530 gorget1570 medal1578 tablet jewel1599 sprig1602 bracelet1624 medallion1658 croisette1688 torques1693 scarabaeus1775 crosslet1802 torque1834 teardrop1870 scarab1878 scaraboid1879 scarabaeoid1887 squash blossom1923 clip1937 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giv/2 A Gorget, torques. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 370 These champions likewise were well dressed, painted and ornamented with silver bracelets, gorgets and wampum. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi ii. App. 48 I presented the principal, with a double barrel'd gun, gorget, and other articles. 1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) ii. 41 Some also had gorgets of large shells hanging from the neck across the breast. 4. Military. A gilt crescent-shaped badge suspended from the neck, and hanging on the breast, formerly worn by officers on duty. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > other specific marks, etc. gorget1786 scale1846 eagle1851 chicken1918 1786 H. Mackenzie in Lounger No. 87. 347 His sword and gorget were crossed under it [sc. a portrait]. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 11 Dress'd—gorget, epaulets, and sash, Lion and crown—a perfect dash. 1830 Ann. Reg. 124 The gorget to be abolished. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks stocksc1325 pilloryc1330 stocka1382 gofe1489 stretchneck1543 harmans1567 foot trap1585 pigeonholes1592 jougs1596 berlina1607 halsfang1607 gorget1635 cippusa1637 nutcrackers1648 catasta1664 wooden cravat1676 the wooden ruff1677 neck stock1681 wooden casement1685 timber-stairsc1750 Norway neckcloth1785 law-neck-cloth1789 stoop1795 timber1851–4 nerve1854 1635 Sess. Rec. in W. McDowell Hist. Dumfries (1873) xxxii. 364 Adjudged to pay one dollar and wear the gorgets on Sabbath. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Sept. (1855) 40 He shall..stand in the gorgets at the kirk of Balmaghie. 6. Zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > neck or throat > appendage or pouch on wattle1513 gill1596 rattles1611 gorget1703 pouch1774 parapatagium1887 palea1890 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 283 This Solan Goose..preserves five or six herrings in its gorget entire, and carries them to the nest. b. A patch of colour on the throat of a bird, insect, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > mark on throat gorget1801 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 180 She viewed his [the locust's] jet-orbed eyes His glossy gorget bright. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 382 The golden-winged wood~pecker, with his broad black gorget. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xvi. 188 The male of..one of the humming birds..having a splendid gorget and fine ear-tufts. Compounds C1. gorget-maker. ΚΠ 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty (1662) 85 The Tire-women, the Gorget-makers, the Seamstresses, the Chambermaids. C2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > front of neck throatOE gorgea1400 gulac1400 weasandc1450 gowl1513 fore-crag1591 gorget-stead?1611 gulleta1684 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vii. 12 Beneath his good steele caske it pierc't above his gorget stead. Derivatives ˈgorgeted adj. having a gorget. ΚΠ 1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ IV Heliangelus strophianus, Gorgeted Sun Angel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). gorgetn.2 Surgery. A steel instrument having the form of a channel, used in operations for stone, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > tube or cannula cannule?a1425 cannula1616 gorgeret1739 gorget1740 tube1803 explorator1844 1740 W. Cheselden Anat. Human Body (ed. 5) iv. vii. 330 Passing the gorget very carefully in the groove of the staff into the bladder. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 196 This instrument..cuts easier than the cutting director, or common gorget. 1809 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 459 Lateral operation as performed at the present day with cutting gorgets. 1839 Hooper's Lexicon Medicum (ed. 7) The gorget is now seldom used; the cutting one being superseded by a simple knife, and the blunt one by the use of the finger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11484n.21740 |
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