Etymology

gorgière

Today it means: A gorget (piece of armor). Full definition →

French gorgière ← Old French gorgiere
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromgorgiere
  2. French · borrowed fromgorgière
  3. English todaygorgière

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

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