gorget vs gullet

gorget

noun
  • A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. 

  • A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest. 

  • A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget. 

  • A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon. It was used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a full-dress military uniform by officers. It symbolically represented the neck-armor worn by officers in previous centuries. 

  • A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. 

  • A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple. 

  • An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc. 

  • A hake caught in a net set for other fish. 

gullet

noun
  • The space between the teeth of a saw blade. 

  • A channel for water. 

  • A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. 

  • The throat or esophagus. 

  • The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested. 

  • The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal. 

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