goring

See also: Goring

English

Verb

goring

  1. present participle of gore

Noun

goring (plural gorings)

  1. The act by which something is gored.
    • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie, page 15:
      The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.
  2. (textiles) A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

Adjective

goring (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

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