Noun

1. A piece of armour for the throat.
   • 1968: Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget. — Michael Moorcock, The Mad God's Amulet (Gollancz 2003, p. 209)
2. A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
3. An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
   • 1917: Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - "There was ... the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage ..."