Gor"ge*let (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small gorget, as of a humming bird.
Gor"geous (?), a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious;
cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se
pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, n.] Imposing through splendid or
various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
Cloud-land, gorgeous land.
Coleridge.
Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.
Shak.
-- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.
||Gor`ge*rin" (?), n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.) In some columns,
||that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the
||annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; --
||called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of
||Column.
Gor"get (?), n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n.] 1. A
piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat
and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double
breastplate of the 14th century.
2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the
buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.
Sir W. Scott.
3. A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded
copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in
some modern armies.