goring

[ gawr-ing, gor- ]

/ ˈgɔr ɪŋ, ˈgɒr- /

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noun Nautical.

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

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Origin of goring

First recorded in 1620–30; gore³ + -ing¹

Other definitions for goring (2 of 2)

Göring

or Goe·ring

[ gair-ing, gur-; German gœ-ring ]

/ ˈgɛər ɪŋ, ˈgɜr-; German ˈgœ rɪŋ /

noun

Her·mann Wil·helm

[her-mahn vil-helm, hur-muhn-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.

How to use goring in a sentence

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|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.
Kate's Wedding Hotel Gets Royal Honour|Tom Sykes|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was a brutal goring, among the most horrific in the history of bullfighting.
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A letter was brought him, written by Goring to the king, and unfortunately intrusted to a spy of Fairfax's.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume

Sir Thomas Fairfax there encountered Goring with signal ill success.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
Streatley receives more assistance from Goring, however, than is generally acknowledged in set phrase.
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.|Anonymous
Then he reloaded and began firing among the bullocks, now jammed and goring one another at the entrance of a narrow alley.
The Adventures of Harry Revel|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A complete suit of mail, with coif and mufflers, late twelfth century, said to have been found in a coffin in Goring Church.
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for goring

Göring

Goering

/ (German ˈɡøːrɪŋ) /

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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