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gorgerin

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡɔɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɪn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colarino, hypotrachelium

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of gorget (“armor”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gorget

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of gorget (“wimple (clothing); necklace, neck-ornamentation”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1992, R. W. Lightbown, Victoria and Albert Museum, Mediaeval European Jewellery: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Victoria & Albert Publications The gorgerette, or gorgerin, a collar or scarf or fichu whose original purpose had been to protect the neck or the neck and shoulders, was decorated quite early with gold mounts and jewels.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gorget

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the molding at the top of a column

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: necking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: molding, moulding

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French gorgerin.