goring
/G AO1 R IH0 NG/verb
- 1
(of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
“The bull gored the matador.”
- 2
To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
verb
- 1
To cut in a triangular form.
- 2
To provide with a gore.
“to gore an apron”
noun
- 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
- 2
A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
adjective
- 1
Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
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