English
gorgerin
Gorgerin comes from French gorgerin ‘gorget’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgerin‘gorget’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgorgerin‘gorget’
- Englishearliest quotation 1959same form
Earliest quotation: 1959, Robert Baldwick: “She is almost naked; in the heat of the…”
Every English word from French gorgerin
Today it means
noun In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French gorgerin / gorgerin