gord

plural gords · alternative gourd

1. obsoleteAn instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

   And thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, But gords or nine-pins

   c. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

plural gords

1. archaeologyA medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.

1. abbreviationacronymuncountablebiologyAcronym of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

1. A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.
2. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of God.