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Goring

adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102) countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting

    "The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings."

  2. 2
    A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gore form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

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