1838, John Sell Cotman, Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk Tending to Illustrate the Ercclesiastical, Military, and Civil Costume as Well as to Preserve Memorials of Ancient Families in that County
The skull-cap worn with a gorgerette of mail is very singular with this style of armour, giving to the head a more ancient appearance than the rest. S.R.M. + This form of armour with its placcate on the breast, round toes to the sollerets ...
1853, British Archaeological Association, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, page 358:
... and at a later period we find gorgerettes of chain-mail attached to the helmet in a similar way to the more ancient camail; and in the reign of Henry VIII sleeves and appendages to the culettes of this material occur; and skirts ...
1913, The Women's and Infants Furnisher: The Journal of the American Dress Auxiliary Trades, page 22:
[…] and the Corset-Ceinture of tricot, sparsely boned and completed by a gorgerette of mull and lace, which helps to support the bust without constricting the natural figure lines.
1914, The Nineteenth Century and After, page 601:
Three hundred young men of the high bourgeoisie formed themselves at that time into a band under to defend the Catholic Faith and serve the prince; and an old fellow of the town, struck by their white gorgerettes and sombrecoloured ...
1980, Margaret Scott, Late Gothic Europe, 1400-1500, London ; Toronto : Mills & Boon ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press
... and to protect the skin against sunburn and darkening of colour: the fine gorgerettes of his youth must have fulfilled the former requirement , while the dark ones here must have fulfilled the latter. In modern French brassières ...
