goring

[gawr-ing, gor-]

noun Nautical.

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

Origin of goring

First recorded in 1620–30; gore³ + -ing¹

Göring

or Goe·ring

[gair-ing, gur-; German gœ-ring]

noun

Her·mann Wil·helm

[her-mahn vil-helm, hur-muh n-wil-helm; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm, ˈhɜr mənˈwɪl hɛlm; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.

gore

[gawr, gohr]

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 goring

carnage, blood, slaughter, lance, gouge, spear, wound, stab, stick, puncture, impale, perforate

Examples from the Web for goring

Contemporary Examples of goring

In the car on the way, there was a story on the radio of a goring in Pamplona.
Chicago’s Running of the Bulls
Hampton Stevens
July 26, 2014
"To be able to display Her Majesty's coat of arms is something that the staff will be enormously proud of," Goring said.
Kate's Wedding Hotel Gets Royal Honour
Tom Sykes
January 17, 2013

Historical Examples of goring

He attacks it as a bull a red cloak, goring it, stamping on it, tearing it to shreds.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
The guards had either been withdrawn, or Goring had arranged matters with them.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Goring, whom I had seen in the morning, was to have the one next mine.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
Goring and I picked him reverently up and laid him on his bed.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
Goring bowed his head, and Roland fell powerless on the floor.
Roland Cashel
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for goring

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

Al (bert) Jr. born 1948, US Democrat politician; vice president of the US (1993–2001); defeated in the disputed presidential election of 2000; leading environmental campaigner; shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel For Climate Change

Göring

Goering

noun

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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Word Origin and History for goring

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.