gorge

Definitions

• (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
• (archaic) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
• Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
• (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
• (architectural element) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
• (architectural element) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery.
• (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
• (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
• (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.