gorge : Idioms & Phrases

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coupe-gorge

Coupe`-gorge" noun
Etymology
F., cut throat.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.
Webster 1913

Gorge circle

  • (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Webster 1913

Gorge hook

  • two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.
Webster 1913

new river gorge bridge

  • noun a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia
WordNet

olduvai gorge

  • noun a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains
WordNet

shrill-gorged

Shrill"-gorged` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a throat which produces a shrill note. R. Shak.
Webster 1913