Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welsh garth 'field, enclosure' and Latin hortus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *gher-, *ghort- 'to enclose, enclosure'. Its phonetic value is [ɡ].
Bríatharogam
In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogaim or Word Ogham, the verses associated with gort are:
milsiu féraib – "sweetest grass" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín
ined erc – "suitable place for cows" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc
sásad ile – "sating of multitudes" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn.