gorgière

US/ɡoɹˈʒjɛɚ/

noun

A gorget (piece of armor).

OriginFrench gorgière ← Old French gorgiere →
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Meanings

noungorgière (plural gorgières)

plural gorgières

  1. historicaluncommonA gorget (piece of armor).

    The camail that protected the neck has given place to the gorgière of plate, which for greater freedom of[…]

    1843, Henry Shaw, Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages
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    The throat is protected by a gorgière or standard of mail, the lower edge vandyked, resembling the specimen […]

    1852, The Archaeological Journal, page 103
  2. historicaluncommonA gorget (clothing item).

    Woman wearing a gorgière. n. c.1310, French.

    1975, Richard Corson, Stage Makeup, Prentice Hall
    1 more example

    […] were all the arts of the cunning devoted to the guimpe, the gorgières, the mentonnières, the voluminous escoffions.

    1904, The Connoisseur, page 95

Origin

  1. Old Frenchgorgiere
  2. Frenchgorgière
  3. Englishgorgière

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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APA

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“gorgière.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgi%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorgière,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorgi%C3%A8re.

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