Gōr'get, n.
(gōr'jet), n. [O. Fr. gorgette, gorgerette, equivalent to gorgerin, neck-armor. See GORGE.]
Sense 1. A piece of armor for defending the throat or neck; a kind of breast-plate like a half-moon.
Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. W. Scott.
Sense 2. (Mil.) A pendent metallic ornament, worn by officers when on duty. [Eng.]
Sense 3. A ruff worn by females. [Obs.]
Sense 4. (Surg.) (a.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b.) A concave or canulated conductor, called also blunt gorget.
Dunglison.