Gorget vs. Bevor — What's the Difference?

A gorget , from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armour, or a single piece of plate armour hanging from the neck and covering the throat and chest.

A bevor () or beaver is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the neck, much like a gorget.

A piece of armor protecting the throat.

Variant of beaver2.

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.

(historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.

An ornamental collar.

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

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.

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

(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.

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

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

(surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

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

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

A hake caught in a net set for other fish.

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.

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

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.

A ruff worn by women.

A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.

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

Armor plate that protects the neck