gorgerin

[ gawr-jer-in ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.

gorgerin

/ ˈɡɔːdʒərɪn /

noun

1. architect another name for necking

Word History and Origins

Origin of gorgerin¹

1655–65; < French, derivative of gorge throat; gorge ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of gorgerin¹

C17: from French, from gorge throat; see gorge

Example Sentences

To the celebrated Bayard are the French indebted for a military proverb, which some of them still repeat, “Ce que le gantelet gagne le gorgerin le mange”—“What the gauntlet gets, the gorget consumes.”

From Project Gutenberg

I felt, with my eye, the weight of a two-handed sword, a steel gorgerin, a morion.

From Project Gutenberg