\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.
4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]
5. (Surg.)
   (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
   (b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various
       operations; -- called also {blunt gorget}.
       --Dunglison.
6. (Zo["o]l.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of
   a bird or mammal.
{Gorget hummer} (Zo["o]l.), a humming bird of the genus
   {Trochilus}. See {Rubythroat}.