A variant or dialectal form, possibly relating to a type of bird or regional creature name with obscure origins.
Unknown origin; possibly a regional or dialectal variant of 'gorbet' or other game bird terminology from English counties, with meaning now largely lost.
Words like 'gorbit' remind us that our dictionaries capture only a fraction of language—countless regional variations disappeared as communities merged and standardized English spread.
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