Main Entry:: ¹gorge
Pronunciation:: \ˈgȯrj\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga, alteration of gurges, from Latin, whirlpool — more at voracious
Date:: 14th century

1: throat —often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction <my gorge rises at the sight of blood>2 a: a hawk's crop b: stomach , belly3: the entrance into an outwork (as a bastion) of a fort4: a narrow passage through land ; especially : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon5: a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject6: a mass choking a passage <a river dammed by an ice gorge>7: the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar

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