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• GORGET (O. Fr. gorgete, dim. of gorge, throat)

GORGET (O. Fr. gorgete, dim. of See also:

• GORGE

gorge, See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat)  , the name applied after about 148o to the cellar-piece of a suit of See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour . It was generally formed of small overlapping rings of See also:

• PLATE

plate, and attached either to the See also:

• BODY

body armour or to the See also:

• ARMET (diminutive of Fr. arme)

armet . It was worn in the 16th and 17th centuries with the See also:

• HALF

half-armour, with the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• CUIRASS (Fr. cuirasse, Lat. coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather)

cuirass, and even occasionally without any body armour at all . During these times it gradually became a distinctive badge for See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, and as such it survived in several armies—in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a small See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal plate affixed to the front of the See also:

• COLLAR

collar of the See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform coat—until after the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic See also:

• WARS

wars . In the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a See also:

• GORGET (O. Fr. gorgete, dim. of gorge, throat)

gorget-plate of this sort is the distinctive See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of military See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, while the former officer's gorget is represented in See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• UNIFORMS

uniforms by the red patches or tabs worn on the collar by See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff officers and by the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white patches of the midshipmen in the Royal See also:

• NAVY

Navy .