goring

¹

[ gawr-ing, gor- ]

noun

, Nautical.

1. the triangular area along a leech of a square sail, created by the presence of a gore.

Göring

²

or Goe·ring

[ gair-ing, gur-; German gœ-ring ]

noun

1. Her·mann Wil·helm [her, -mahn , vil, -helm, hur, -m, uh, n-, wil, -helm, her, -mahn , vil, -helm], 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.

Göring

/ ˈɡøːrɪŋ /

noun

1. GöringHermann Wilhelm18931946MGermanPOLITICS: Nazi leaderMILITARY: field marshalPOLITICS: statesman Hermann Wilhelm (ˈhɛrman ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1893–1946, German Nazi leader and field marshal. He commanded Hitler's storm troops (1923) and as Prussian prime minister and German commissioner for aviation (1933–45) he founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war. Sentenced to death at Nuremberg, he committed suicide

Word History and Origins

Origin of goring¹

First recorded in 1620–30; gore ³ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In the car on the way, there was a story on the radio of a goring in Pamplona.

From The Daily Beast

"To be able to display Her Majesty's coat of arms is something that the staff will be enormously proud of," Goring said.

From The Daily Beast

It was a brutal goring, among the most horrific in the history of bullfighting.

From The Daily Beast

A letter was brought him, written by Goring to the king, and unfortunately intrusted to a spy of Fairfax's.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir Thomas Fairfax there encountered Goring with signal ill success.

From Project Gutenberg

Streatley receives more assistance from Goring, however, than is generally acknowledged in set phrase.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he reloaded and began firing among the bullocks, now jammed and goring one another at the entrance of a narrow alley.

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A complete suit of mail, with coif and mufflers, late twelfth century, said to have been found in a coffin in Goring Church.

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