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Gorget vs Bevor - What's the difference?

gorget | bevor |

In historical terms the difference between gorget and bevor

is that gorget is a type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple while bevor is a portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.

gorget

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
  • * 1663 ,
    • About his neck a threefold gorget , / As rough as trebled leathern target
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.
  • * 1968 , (Michael Moorcock), The Mad God's Amulet , Gollancz 2003, p. 209:
    • Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget .
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 500:
    • Renly lifted his chin to allow Brienne to fasten his gorget in place.
  • (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.
  • * 1917 , (Washington Irving), :
    • There was
  • (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
  • A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
    • (Dunglison)
  • (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * gorget hummer

    bevor

    English

    (wikipedia bevor)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
  • * 2001 , Paul B. Newman, Daily life in the Middle Ages , page 210,
    • Since gorgets completely encircled the neck, they were usually more articulated than the bevors' to allow for some movement of the neck and head. '''Bevors''' typically were open in back but extended up above the wearer?s jaw on the sides and front. Use of a ' bevor or a gorget depended upon the type of helmet the knight wore.
  • * 2008 , Christopher Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 , page 233,
    • For heavy field use a reinforcing breastplate was sometimes added, together with a wrapper over the upper bevor .
  • * 2011 , Kerrie Logan Hollihan, Elizabeth I, the People's Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities , page 61,
    • Many helmets had an upper part joined with hinges to a bevor , which protected the knight?s lower face and jaw.

    See also

    * gorget (protects the neck) ----