gored

[gawr, gohr] Origin

gore

2[gawr, gohr]
verb (used with object), gored, gor·ing.
to pierce with or as if with a horn or tusk.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English goren; see gore3

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gore

3[gawr, gohr] noun, verb, gored, gor·ing.
noun
1.
a triangular piece of material inserted in a garment, sail, etc., to give it greater width or a desired shape. Compare godet (def. 1), gusset (def. 1).
2.
one of the panels, usually tapering or shaped, making up a garment, as a skirt.
3.
a triangular tract of land, especially one lying between larger divisions.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make or furnish with a gore or gores.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English gāra corner (cognate with German Gehre gusset); compare Old English gār spear
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gore3 (ɡɔː)
 
n
1.  a tapering or triangular piece of material used in making a shaped skirt, umbrella, etc
2.  a similarly shaped piece, esp of land
 
vb
3.  (tr) to make into or with a gore or gores
 
[Old English gāra; related to Old Norse geiri gore, Old High German gēro]
 
gored3
 
adj

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gore
c.1400, from Scottish gorren "to pierce, stab," origin unknown, perhaps related to O.E. gar "spear" (see gar), which is certainly the source of the third meaning of Mod.Eng. gore, "triangular piece of ground" (O.E. gara), hence also "front of a skirt" (mid-13c.), and "triangular
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piece of cloth" (early 14c.).
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