Gorget vs. Wimple: What's the Difference?

A piece of armor protecting the throat.

A cloth wound around the head, framing the face, and drawn into folds beneath the chin, worn by women in medieval times and as part of the habit of certain orders of nuns.

A crescent-shaped badge derived from such a piece of armor, worn on the chest especially by military officers in the 1700s and early 1800s.

A fold or pleat in cloth.

An ornamental collar.

A ripple, as on the surface of water.

The scarflike part of a wimple covering the neck and shoulders.

A curve or bend.

A band or patch of distinctive color on the throat of an animal, especially an area of brightly colored feathers on the throat of a bird.

To cover with or dress in a wimple.

(historical) A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.

To cause to form folds, pleats, or ripples.

(historical) A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon, used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a dress military uniform by officers.

(Archaic) To form or lie in folds.

(historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.

To ripple.

An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.

A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.

(surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

A fold or pleat in cloth.

A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.

A ripple, as on the surface of water.

(zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

A curve or bend.

A hake caught in a net set for other fish.

A flag or streamer.

A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.

To cover with a wimple.

A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.

To draw down; to lower, like a veil.

A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.

To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.

A ruff worn by women.

To flutter.

A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.

A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

A flag or streamer.

Armor plate that protects the neck

To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.

To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

Headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women