gore

[gawr, gohr]

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verb (used with object), gored, gor·ing.

to pierce with or as if with a horn or tusk.

Origin of gore

1350–1400; Middle English goren; see gore³

gore

[gawr, gohr]

noun

a triangular piece of material inserted in a garment, sail, etc., to give it greater width or a desired shape.Compare godet(def 1), gusset(def 1).

one of the panels, usually tapering or shaped, making up a garment, as a skirt.

a triangular tract of land, especially one lying between larger divisions.

verb (used with object), gored, gor·ing.

to make or furnish with a gore or gores.

Origin of gore

before 900; Middle English; Old English gāra corner (cognate with German Gehre gusset); compare Old English gār spear

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Related Words for gored

lance, gouge, spear, wound, stab, stick, puncture, impale, perforate

Examples from the Web for gored

Contemporary Examples of gored

They want candidates willing to do whatever it takes—no matter whose ideological ox is gored—to make the economic pain stop.
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Peter Beinart
February 13, 2012
That seems to suggest that NewsCorp's standards are different when its own ox is gored.
Hollywood's Gossip Showdown
Kim Masters
April 7, 2009

Historical Examples of gored

Her tender side is gored; her spotless and snowy coat is deformed with blood.
Imogen
William Godwin
I should just collapse at the bottom, and be gored to death, I know I should!
The New Girl at St. Chad's
Angela Brazil
"I thought we were going to be gored to death," she quavered.
The New Girl at St. Chad's
Angela Brazil
The tenant's ox was gored to death by a heifer belonging to the lawyer.
The Proverbs of Scotland
Alexander Hislop
The skirt should be so gored as to form no gathers or plaits at the waist.
The American Horsewoman
Elizabeth Karr

British Dictionary definitions for gored

gore

noun

blood shed from a wound, esp when coagulated

informal killing, fighting, etc

Word Origin for gore

Old English gor dirt; related to Old Norse gor half-digested food, Middle Low German göre, Dutch goor

gore

verb

(tr) (of an animal, such as a bull) to pierce or stab (a person or another animal) with a horn or tusk

Word Origin for gore

C16: probably from Old English gār spear

gore

noun

a tapering or triangular piece of material used in making a shaped skirt, umbrella, etc

a similarly shaped piece, esp of land

verb

(tr) to make into or with a gore or gores

Derived Formsgored, adjective

Word Origin for gore

Old English gāra; related to Old Norse geiri gore, Old High German gēro

Gore

noun

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Word Origin and History for gored

gore

n.2

"triangular piece of ground," Old English gara, related to gar "spear" (see gar), on the notion of "triangularity." Hence also meanings "front of a skirt" (mid-13c.), and "triangular piece of cloth" (early 14c.).

gore

n.1

Old English gor "dirt, dung, filth, shit," a Germanic word (cf. Middle Dutch goor "filth, mud;" Old Norse gor "cud;" Old High German gor "animal dung"), of uncertain origin. Sense of "clotted blood" (especially shed in battle) developed by 1560s.

gore

c.1400, from Scottish gorren "to pierce, stab," origin unknown, perhaps related to Old English gar "spear" (see gar, also gore (n.2) "triangular piece of ground"). Related: Gored; goring.