goring

¹ American  

[gawr-ing, gor-] / ˈgɔr ɪŋ, ˈgɒr- /

noun

Nautical.

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

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Göring ² American  

[gair-ing, gur-, gœ-ring] / ˈgɛər ɪŋ, ˈgɜr-, ˈgœ rɪŋ /

Or Goering

noun

1. Hermann Wilhelm 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.

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Göring British  

/ ˈɡøːrɪŋ /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of goring

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

Example Sentences

Russell Crowe’s portrayal of Nazi leader Hermann Göring in the film “Nuremberg” is brilliant but incomplete.

From The Wall Street Journal

A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.

From The Wall Street Journal

Army psychiatrist who at the end of World War II was brought in to evaluate the Nazi high command to see if they could stand trial for their war crimes, and the relationship he developed with the highest-ranking living Nazi, Hermann Göring.

From Los Angeles Times

Not only that, but he then took a leave of absence from the court and went to Nuremberg to become the chief U.S. prosecutor, and the man who ultimately faced down Göring in open court.

From Los Angeles Times

The book was about Kelley and Göring facing off in a prison cell.

From Los Angeles Times