Plural of gorgerin; multiple pieces of neck armor or throat protection worn in medieval battle.
Plural form of 'gorgerin,' created by adding the regular English plural suffix '-s' to the singular noun.
Armor terminology is remarkably poetic and diverse—you can have gorgets, gorgerets, and gorgerins, and while these words seem redundant, medieval armorers probably distinguished between subtle differences in design and fit that mattered greatly to the soldiers depending on them.
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