Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The necking of a column.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the neck of a capital, or more commonly a feature forming the junction between the shaft and the capital; a necking.
- noun A name for the gorget, plastron, or hausse-col—that is, for any piece of armor covering the throat; especially, a second thickness bolted upon the cuirass of tilting-armor at the throat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 , andhypotrachelium . SeeIllust. ofcolumn .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture In some
columns , that part of thecapital between thetermination of theshaft and theannulet of theechinus , or the space between two neck moldings; thehypotrachelium .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the molding at the top of a column
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Footnote: Salades, sorte de casque léger alors en usage, et qui, n'ayant ni visière ni gorgerin, avoit besoin de cette bande de fer en saillie pour défendre le visage.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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(gorgerin) was pierced and the rapier, having no sharp edges (it was only used for thrusting) was driven in so far that it could not be withdrawn.
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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[Footnote: Salades, sorte de casque l間er alors en usage, et qui, n’ayant ni visi鑢e ni gorgerin, avoit besoin de cette bande de fer en saillie pour d閒endre le visage.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The arms chosen were a sharp-pointed sword or rapier and a poignard, while the armour used included a throat-piece (gorgerin) and a secrète. [
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
fbharjo commented on the word gorgerin
gorge(ous)rin
June 14, 2012