gorgelet noun2 •A small gorge.It seemed to be warmer here at nights than farther upriver, probably because of the southern exposure through the nine gorgelets leading to the South rim. — 2000 •A small gorget of a bird.The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet. — 1831 formsgorgelets
