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-, gœ-ring]

noun

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

Göring

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of goring¹

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

Example Sentences

"Influencers, social media - that's what's pushing it," Mr Goring explains.

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"We are sending our supplies all over the world," Andrew Goring, manager director of Lonsdale Health, explains.

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Kadgien senior was a top adviser to Hermann Goring, who plundered thousands of works from across Nazi-occupied Europe.

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A new movie about Nazi leader Hermann Göring’s war-crimes trial will shine a spotlight on the Nuremberg service of legendary Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson—and, in doing so, on the Supreme Court’s calamitous presidential immunity decision last year.

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Jackson served as chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg for the trial of Göring and other Nazis.

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