Meanings
plural gorgerines
- A necklace, an ornamentation for the neck; synonym of gorget (“ornamental collar”).
A loose red linen dress left her bronze shoulders bare, a shawl of green feathers hung from her arms, and a gorgerine of red, black, and turquoise stones covered her chest.
2017, Randy Henderson, Smells Like Finn Spirit: The Familia Arcana, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 2431 more example
A glittering gorgerine—a necklace of layered disks— hung around her neck while, from a circlet of gold around Alicia's head, a rearing cobra stared back at her. She was the picture of ancient royalty […]
2016, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Unhonored: Book Two of The Nightbirds, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 26
Origin
- Frenchgorgerin
- Englishgorgerine
From French gorgerin.
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