gorgeret

English

Etymology

French gorgeret (“surgical instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɛt/

Noun

gorgeret (plural gorgerets)

1. (possibly obsolete) Synonym of gorget (“surgical instrument”)
   • 1710, Pierre DIONIS, A Course Of Chirurgical Operations: Demonstrated in the Royal Garden At Paris. Translated from the Paris Edition, page 119:

     […] then placing the Bill which is at the end of the Gorgeret into the Groove of the ...

   • 1763, Lorenz Heister, A General System of Surgery, page 170:

     These, having first made an Incision as before, pass the End of the Gorgeret thro' the Groove of the Catheter into the Bladder, as we directed for the male Conductor :

   • 1773, William Bromfield, Chirurgical Observations and Cases, page 378:

     V. The under part of the double gorgeret separated from the upper, which varies but little in shape from the common gorgeret.

   • 1773, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, page 182:

     I then introduce the beak of the common gorgeret into the groove of the staff, and press, it on, till it gets into the bladder, […]

   • 1835, Astley Cooper, Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, page 453:

     I therefore took the double gorgeret, without the cutting blade affixed, intending only to push back the stone, and dilate the neck of the bladder, which I did by getting the beak of the gorgeret into the sulcus of the staff […]

   • 1860, William Pirrie, The Principles and practice of surgery, page 644:

     After this method became known, many different forms of gorgets and gorgerets were invented ; which it would answer no useful purpose to describe. Of one of them, Mr. Liston remarks, "It is more like an instrument for cutting turf, - a 'flauchter-spade,' - than for performing a delicate surgical operation."

Related terms

• gorgerette, gorget