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gorget (1273-82)
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gorget (1273-82)

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gorgete,  gorgette;  gurget  
  FEW:  gurges 4,333b Gdf:  gorgete 4,310b GdfC: ∅ TL: gorgete 4,445 DEAF:  gorge (gurget) G1004 DMF:  gorgette  TLF:  gorge (gorgette)  OED:  gorget n.1  MED:  gorget n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1anat.(little) throat, neck: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Ta (=J.C.’s) gorgete en desir acole  Ross ANTS 1623
♦anat.orn.zool.(little) windpipe (as the organ which produces a bird's song): 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Qui (=J.C.) donne au merle sa gorgete Et fet soner a l’alowete Entre les nues sa sonete  Ross ANTS 619
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  l'alouette, Qu bien matin de tour en tour Monte, et de dieu volant entour Les laudes chante en sa gorgette  GOWER Mirour 5640
2fishingneck, narrow passage (of a fishing basket): 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Le gurget (M.E. þe boþem) de nace revercez, L'ordure leins engettez  BIBB ROTH (G) 534
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Et ou la gurget ne trove qu’eche  (ed. queche) (M.E. in the poke [fynduth] but tundre)  Nominale 257

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See also:

gorge1  gorgee  gorgeier  gorgerer  gorger  gorgeret  gorgerie  gorgeron  gorgeur 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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